"Chincheng" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 金城 (Jīnchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-chʻêng².",
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          "ref": "1961, News Letter, volumes 19-20, 中華民國聯合國同志會, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:",
          "text": "A health center at Chincheng, a town on Kinmen, is one of the best equipped throughout Kinmen and Taiwan.",
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          "ref": "1963, The Invincible Island: Ten Years of Reconstruction on Kinmen, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →OCLC, pages 11, 37, 47:",
          "text": "For agricultural improvement, a Kinmen Agricultural Experiment Station was inaugurated on September 1, 1951 on 0.8 ha. in Chincheng township, to which 8.4 ha. were added in 1961.[…]\nChildren of the Chincheng, Chinhu and Joint primary schools have also been supplied with milk.[…]\nChincheng township. At present, however, there are five power stations, three at Chincheng township, one at Hsinshih, and one at Shamei, with six generators totaling 265 KW.",
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          "ref": "1991, COA General Report, number 7, Council of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 17, column 2:",
          "text": "(iv) Improvement of tap water in isolated areas: The Tienpu Reservoir was deepened by 40,000 cubic meters of earth, monitoring wells were dug at Chincheng and Chinning, and two chlorinators and 14 chemical injection machines were added for[…]",
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          "ref": "1992, An Outline of Interior Affairs, Republic of China, Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior, →OCLC, page 55:",
          "text": "Chinmen[…]34,540 parcels of land equal to area of 2,212 hectares. It covers Chincheng and Chinning. To clarify and to save time and personnel, we design[…]",
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          "english": "Taiwan Panorama",
          "ref": "1994 April, Yuan-ching Cheng, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 19, numbers 1-6, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC; republished as “Kinmen- -From Battlefield to Tourist Destination”, in Robert Taylor, transl., 台灣光華雜誌 [Taiwan Panorama], 1994, archived from the original on 2022-10-21, Around Taiwan:",
          "text": "The temple to Colonel Li Kuang-chien lies near Hsiputou village in the northwest of Kinmen Island, around five kilometers from the town of Chincheng and next to the famous Hill 132.[…]\nBecause Kinmen was settled early, it bears many traces of the past. There are 21 listed historical monuments scattered all over the island. The only Grade I monument among them is the \"Chiehhsiao Arch,\" commemorating Chiu Liang-kung's mother, located in East Houpu Street in the center of Chincheng.",
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          "ref": "2002, 光華畫報, volume 27, numbers 1-6, →OCLC, page 99:",
          "text": "In recent years, the island of Kinmen has been frequently in the news.[…]But turn another corner and enter Chukuang Street in the town of Chincheng and a completely different picture meets the[…]",
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          "ref": "2009 July 6, “Kinmen excavation yields its 29th buried cannon”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-07-09, Taiwan News, page 2:",
          "text": "“It is the largest number of cannons ever discovered at a single site,” said Chen, referring to the construction site in Chincheng Township (金城).[…]\nTwo ancient cannons that may date back to the 17th century are excavated at a construction site in Chincheng Township, Kinmen County, yesterday.",
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          "english": "Fuchien Kinmen District Prosecutors Office",
          "ref": "2016 April 15, “Areas of Jurisdiction”, in 福建金門地方檢察署 [Fuchien Kinmen District Prosecutors Office], archived from the original on 2022-05-19:",
          "text": "Six towns and townships make up Kinmen County namely, Chincheng Town, Chinhu Town, Chinsha Town, Chining Township, Lieyu Township, and Wuchio Township. The total land area is 150 square kilometers with a population of about 80,000.",
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          "text": "For agricultural improvement, a Kinmen Agricultural Experiment Station was inaugurated on September 1, 1951 on 0.8 ha. in Chincheng township, to which 8.4 ha. were added in 1961.[…]\nChildren of the Chincheng, Chinhu and Joint primary schools have also been supplied with milk.[…]\nChincheng township. At present, however, there are five power stations, three at Chincheng township, one at Hsinshih, and one at Shamei, with six generators totaling 265 KW.",
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          "text": "The temple to Colonel Li Kuang-chien lies near Hsiputou village in the northwest of Kinmen Island, around five kilometers from the town of Chincheng and next to the famous Hill 132.[…]\nBecause Kinmen was settled early, it bears many traces of the past. There are 21 listed historical monuments scattered all over the island. The only Grade I monument among them is the \"Chiehhsiao Arch,\" commemorating Chiu Liang-kung's mother, located in East Houpu Street in the center of Chincheng.",
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          "text": "“It is the largest number of cannons ever discovered at a single site,” said Chen, referring to the construction site in Chincheng Township (金城).[…]\nTwo ancient cannons that may date back to the 17th century are excavated at a construction site in Chincheng Township, Kinmen County, yesterday.",
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          "ref": "2016 April 15, “Areas of Jurisdiction”, in 福建金門地方檢察署 [Fuchien Kinmen District Prosecutors Office], archived from the original on 2022-05-19:",
          "text": "Six towns and townships make up Kinmen County namely, Chincheng Town, Chinhu Town, Chinsha Town, Chining Township, Lieyu Township, and Wuchio Township. The total land area is 150 square kilometers with a population of about 80,000.",
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