"Keshan" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

enPR: kŭ′shän′ Rhymes: -æn Etymology: From the Mandarin 克山 (Kèshān). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|克山}} Mandarin 克山 (Kèshān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Keshan
  1. A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Heilongjiang, China, Places in Qiqihar Derived forms: Keshan disease Translations (county): 克山 (hak¹ saan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 克山 (Kèshān) (Chinese Mandarin)
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          "text": "In many other places cadres from credit cooperatives also help communes and brigades develop diversified undertakings in order to make the collective economy grow and increase commune members' income. For example, the saving deposits of commune members in Koshan County, Heilungkiang Province, grow every month and quarter.",
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          "text": "This same process occurred in villages founded in central and northern Manchuria. The fragmentation of a large estate can be observed in the case of the Chang household, which owned 1,080 hectares in K’o-shan county of Heilungkiang province in north Manchuria prior to 1911. By 1934 the Chang household owned none of this land. The estate had been sold off so that portions of it were claimed by 54 households, which ranged in size from 130 hectares to .13 hectares.",
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