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(historical) A former town in China, located within modern Yangzhou.
A county-level city in Weinan, Shaanxi, China. quotations examples
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[.]
1936 May 2, “Two Shansi Cities are Cleared of Reds”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 76, number 9, page 298, column 1
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.
2010 July 18, Ken Wills, “China coal mine accident kills 28”, in Jonathan Thatcher, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 May 2022, World News