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河西堡

Mandarin · pinyin Hé xī pù

Hexipu, a town in Yongchang County 永昌縣 Yǒng chāng Xiàn, Jinchang 金昌 Jīn chāng, Gansu

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
堡: bǎo · fort, fortress; town, village

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2–1–4 · He2 xi1 pu4

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(～鎮) Hexibu (a town in Yongchang, Jinchang, Gansu, China)

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