Dongming County
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Dongming County is the westernmost county of Shandong
province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan
province to the west. It lies on the east (right) bank of the Yellow River
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The population in 1999 was 677,563. The literal meaning of Dongming is "Clear east".
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
province to the west. It lies on the east (right) bank of the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
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The population in 1999 was 677,563. The literal meaning of Dongming is "Clear east".