Kargan - Kargan

Japanese: カルガン - かるがん
Kargan - Kargan

…A commercial and industrial city located along the Beijing-Baotou Railway, at a key transportation hub inside and outside the Great Wall connecting North China and Inner Mongolia. Also known as Kalgan. This area was an important route for northern nomadic peoples to enter China. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kalgan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…京包鉄道(北京~包頭)に沿い,華北と内モンゴルを結ぶ長城内外の交通の要衝に位置する商工業都市。カルガンの名でも知られる。この地は北方遊牧民族の中国への重要な侵入路であった。…

※「カルガン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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