Xinjiang, Wengyuan County

Xinjiang, Wengyuan County
Simplified Chinese 新江镇

Xinjiang is a town under the jurisdiction of Wengyuan County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, southern China.[1]

The town is responsible for the administration of one neighbourhood committee and 19 village committees including Shangba, which in 2007 acquired the nickname of "China's Village of Death".[2]

References

  1. "Wengyuan County (翁源县)". National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2014. (Chinese)
  2. "China's 'cancer villages' pay price". BBC News. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

See also

List of township-level divisions of Guangdong

Coordinates: 24°27′31″N 113°50′02″E / 24.4585°N 113.8338°E / 24.4585; 113.8338

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