Fengdu

• Feng-tu (Wade–Giles)
• Fengtu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 豐都 / 丰都 (Fēngdū).

• enPR: fǔngʹdo͞oʹ^[1]

Fengdu

1. A county of Chongqing, China.
   • [1980, Charles A. Goodrum, “Orientalia”, in Treasures of the Library of Congress‎^[2], New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 198:

     The Library of Congress has the largest collection of Chinese local histories outside China, with more than 4,000 titles in all. They are rich in historical data on local institutions, customs, geography, and plants and animals of the area. Shown here is a typical volume from the local history of Feng-tu County, Ssu-ch’uan Province, published in 1710.]

   • 1998 [1997], Hong Ying, translated by Howard Goldblatt, Daughter of the River‎^[3], New York: Grove Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:

     My great aunt was the first to starve in the village; my cousin rushed home from the mining school where he was a student to carry out his duties as eldest son. On his way there, he passed through Fengdu County, and saw the famine's great toll on the populace.

   • 2007 November 19, Jim Yardley, “Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, Asia Pacific, page 2‎^[5]:

     He said an algal bloom from too many nutrients earlier this year on a tributary had contaminated drinking water for 50,000 people in Fengdu County.

   • 2017 February 5, “Girl, 13, dies after being thrown off ride at Chinese amusement park”, in South China Morning Post‎^[6], sourced from AP, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 February 2017, China‎^[7]:

     An initial investigation showed that her seat belt had broken and a passenger safety bar did not fit tightly enough at the Chaohua Amusement Park in Fengdu county in Chongqing municipality, the national product safety regulator said on Saturday.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengdu”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 2