Hancheng

• enPR: hänʹchǔngʹ

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邗城 (Hánchéng), from 邗溝 / 邗沟 (Hángōu, “Han Canal”) + 城 (chéng, “wall, walled city”), from its placement to guard the southern end of the canal beside the Yangtze.

Hancheng

1. (historical) A former town in China, located within modern Yangzhou.

• Yangzhou (inexact)

• Han, Hangou, Hanjiang

From the Mandarin 韓城 / 韩城 (Hánchéng), from the earlier march of 韓國 / 韩国 (Hánguó) in the area, from 韓 / 韩 (hán, “puteal”).

Hancheng

1. A county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
   • 1936 May 2, “Two Shansi Cities are Cleared of Reds”, in The China Weekly Review‎^[1], volume 76, number 9, →OCLC, page 298, column 1:

     To hasten the conclusion of the Communist-suppression campaign by checking the retreat of the Red remnants from Shansi back to Shensi, General Yang Hu-cheng, Pacification Commissioner for Shensi, has established a provisional headquarters at Hancheng on the Shensi-Shansi border about 70 kilometers south of Yichuen[.]

   • 1969 November 25 [1969 November 19], “Writers From Lower Levels Trained in Shensi”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 228, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 3:

     The "Red Flag" commune in Hancheng County set up a correspondence and newspaper-reading network in the brigades. Every correspondence group at all levels is under the charge of a responsible person of the revolutionary committee.

   • 2010 July 18, Ken Wills, “China coal mine accident kills 28”, in Jonathan Thatcher, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 May 2022, World News‎^[3]:

     All the miners in the shaft died when an underground cable caught fire on Saturday night at the Xiaonangou coal mine in Hancheng City, the report said, citing the general office of the Shaanxi provincial government.

   • 2019 January 23, Alice Yan, “Act of folly: One of China’s poorest counties under fire after spending US$9 million on dynastic-style city gates”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 January 2019, People & Culture‎^[5]:

     The ministry also criticised Hancheng, in northern Shaanxi province, after 190 million yuan was spent on building hills and waterfalls.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hancheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1228, column 1