Definition of "Longnan"

During the tour Comrade Hu Yaobang inspected the two Tibetan autonomous prefectures -- Garze and Aba -- in Sichuan and over a dozen counties and districts of Longnan Special Prefecture in Gansu. […] In Longnan Prefecture , people have gone all out to grow trees and grass in recent years, creating a new experience in developing mountainous areas.

1985 October 8, Chaoren Guo, Huang Chang Changlu, “Hu Yaobang Revisits Route of Long March”, in Daily Report: China‎, volume I, number 195, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, page K 1

This form of grassland is mainly located in the mountainous region of Longnan Prefecture, and covers a total area of 12 million mu.

1993, John W. Longworth, Gregory J. Williamson, “Gansu”, in China's Pastoral Region: Sheep and Wool, Minority Nationalities, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable Development‎, page 123

There is the saying, ‘Two heads are better than one’. For example, I talked to over 100 women from different sectors of Longnan Prefecture twice to sensitize them to women’s issues and to build up their confidence. When I was walking down the street, I was often stopped by women who would come up and tell me how much they had changed after they heard my lectures.

1999, Wu Qing, “What I Know about Gender and Development”, in Feminists doing Development: A Practical Critique‎, page 67

Thousands of people rioted this week over a resettlement plan in Longnan, a poverty-stricken region of Gansu Province where 1.8 million people were made homeless by the Sichuan earthquake. Protesters in Wudu, a city in Longnan, attacked officials and the police with iron rods, chains, axes and hoes and threw stones, bricks and flowerpots, according to the local government's report of the incident.

2008 October 20, “The Internet drives China to loosen its grip on the media”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 11 April 2023, Technology

In nearby Longnan in the neighboring province of Gansu, also jolted by the quake, eight people died in landslides caused by heavy rain, the People’s Daily said.

2017 August 8, Christian Shepherd, David Stanway, Michael Martina, Faith Hung, Ben Blanchard, “Quake in China's Sichuan kills 19, including tourists; injures 247”, in Michael Perry, Clarence Fernandez, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 12 May 2022, Environment

The east provinces of Jiangxi and Zhejiang, as well as the northwest city of Longnan, have urged employers to offer the extended weekend so that more people can help to re-energise domestic tourism.

2020 March 26, Charles Bremner, Will Pavia, “Coronavirus: Macron to scrap short working week to ‘win economic war’”, in The Times‎, archived from the original on 22 August 2021

Landslides backed up a river, trapping 48 people on rooftops in Longnan city in the southern part of Gansu province, according to The Paper, an online news portal.

2020 August 18, “People stranded on rooftops by rain, flooding in China”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 11 April 2023, Asia & Pacific