Huayuankou, Henan
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Huayuankou 花园口 |
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Town | |
花园口镇 | |
Location in China | |
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Country | China |
Province | Henan |
Prefecture | Zhengzhou |
District | Huiji |
Area | |
• Total | 39 km2 (15 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 15,000 |
• Density | 380/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 450053 |
Area code(s) | 0371 |
Huayuankou (simplified Chinese: 花园口; traditional Chinese: 花園口; pinyin: Huāyúankǒu) is a town in Huiji District, used to be a ferry of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
It has an area of 39 square kilometers and a population of 15,000.[1] Its name means "Flower garden mouth".
1938 Yellow River flood
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In June 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek intentionally broke the levees of the Yellow River near Huayuankou[2] to slow the advance of the Japanese army. Although several thousand Japanese troops were drowned, 12 million Chinese were affected, nearly 900,000 of them dying.[3]
References
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- ↑ Mark Selden, "War and State Terrorism: The United States, Japan, and the Asia-Pacific in the Long Twentieth Century (War and Peace Library)", Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (November 22, 2003)
- ↑ Nick Middleton. Rivers: A Very Short Introduction. (page 94) ISBN 9780199588671
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