Jiuzhaigou

See also: Jiǔzhàigōu

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Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 九寨溝九寨沟 (Jiǔzhàigōu).

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Jiuzhaigou

  1. A nature reserve and national park located in Ngawa prefecture in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.
  2. A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
    • 2004, Intercontinental's Best of China, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 420:
      Taxi - Taking a taxi from Jiuzhaigou County to the scenic area is about RMB 10.
    • 2014 June 13, Edward Wong, “In China, Negotiating Peaks and Police”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2014, Travel:
      From January 2013 to October 2013, Songpan County, which includes the Huanglong preserve, had 3.22 million visitors, [] Jiuzhaigou County had 4.76 million visitors last year.
    • 2017 August 8, Ben Blanchard, Nick Macfie, “Four dead as quake strikes in remote part of China's Sichuan province”, in Andrew Bolton, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 August 2017, Environment:
      Fallen trees are seen blocking a road after an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou county, Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan province, China August 8, 2017.

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