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[edit] Where is it?
Where is this Batang Town? Is it in Batang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture? According to this list of Towns and Townships in Batang County, there is not a town named as Batang. I Googled "八搪镇" in the Internet, and result is zero. Please provide more information about this town. Thanks. --Neo-Jay (talk) 09:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hi Neo-Jay! Sorry - you are just too quick for me! I am glad to see the article has been found already though, and that someone is interested! I had to stop at this point today because my wife came home from work and needed to have a chat and dinner. I am certainly planning to do more work on the article - although it may be difficult to find time for a couple of days as it will be Christmas eve tomorrow here and I have family commitments. However, here is some more info to help you find it: In Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet. 6th Edition, p. 260. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-74059-523-8, it says: "Lying 32 km from the Tibetan border and a 5½ bumpy hours down a dirt track from Litang, low-lying Batang is the closest town to Tibet that is open to foreigners." The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (2007). Twelfth Edition, ISBN 978-0-00-780150-3, gives Xiaqiong as an alternative name and it appears to be just east of the Jinsha or Yangtse River. The Contemporary Atlas of China (1988). Edited by Nathan Sivin, et al. Collins Publishers, London. Reprint: Sydney (1989), p. 26. ISBN 0-7322-0053-9, gives the Chinese name as 巴搪. This, and the fact that I gave the Pinyin incorrectly as Pātáng rather Bātáng is probably what has led you astray. I shall try to fix those problems now in the article and will try to do some more work on it soon (I have more accounts of the town in various books here to). Sorry you had those difficulties - but thanks for pointing them out to me so promptly. Anything you can add to the article would be most welcome. I also plan to do some more work on Litang (and separate the town from the county (but not tonight). Cheers, John Hill 10:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hi, John. Thanks for your reply. If Batang's alternative name is Xiaqiong, I think it is 夏邛镇, the seat of Batang County Government (see the complete list of the towns and townships in Batang County). This seems the same problem as we met in Keriya Town. Moreover, Batang is more likely spelled as 巴塘 (the county's name), not 巴搪. That's why I cannot find a single hit for 巴搪镇 in the Google search. Thank you. Merry Christmas! --Neo-Jay (talk) 10:50, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Xiaqiong
Need Chinese characters and pinyin for Xiaqiong. Badagnani (talk) 07:16, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
- They have already been provided in the lead section -- Chinese characters: 夏邛镇; Pinyin: Xiàqióng Zhèn. --Neo-Jay (talk) 09:57, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
