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Xiangdong, Pingxiang

district of China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ1335784 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xiangdong District (simplified Chinese: 湘东区; traditional Chinese: 湘東區; pinyin: Xiāngdōng Qū) is one of two districts of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west.

Administrative divisions

Xiangdong District is divided to one subdistrict, eight towns and two townships.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Xiangdong, Pingxiang” as district of China. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Xiangdong, Pingxiang and district.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 41-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Xiangdong, Pingxiang and district providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Xiangdong, Pingxiang”, the useful work is to connect “district of China” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1335784. Authority coordinates are 27.673, 113.693. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Xiangdong, Pingxiang”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Xiangdong, Pingxiang primary sources, Xiangdong, Pingxiang archive and Xiangdong research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Xiangdong, Pingxiang”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Xiangdong, Pingxiang” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.