Zhang
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Zhang may refer to:
- Zhang (surname)Zhang (surname)Zhang is among the most common Chinese surnames. In the 1990 edition of Guinness Book of Records, it was listed as the world's most common surname, with over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. It was also ranked third in the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Academy of...
(张 or 章), common Chinese surname - Zhang CountyZhang CountyZhang County is an administrative district in Gansu, the People's Republic of China. It is one of 58 counties of Gansu. It is part of the Dingxi prefecture, with the city of the same name being the prefecture seat. Its postal code is 748300, and its population in 1999 was 186,100...
(漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu - Zhang RiverZhang RiverThe Zhang River is a river in China. The Zhang River commences in Shanxi province and flows eastward. It then becomes the border of Hebei and Henan province west of Handan and Anyang.A dam on the Zhang River diverts water into the Red Flag Canal....
(漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan - Zhang, Beijing (张镇), town in Shunyi DistrictShunyi DistrictShunyi District is an administrative district of Beijing, located outside of the city proper.-Overview:...
, Beijing - Zhang (unit) (丈), a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chiChi (unit)The chi is a traditional Chinese unit of length, approximately equal to one foot. Its length is derived from the length of human forearm and has first appeared during the Shang Dynasty approximately 3000 years ago. Since then it has spread to and adopted by other East Asian cultures, such as...
(3 to 3.7 m). - Zhang (artist)Zhang (artist)For other uses of Zhang see ZhangZhang was a self-taught anonymous Chinese artist whose works were recently uncovered. It is estimated that the majority of his work was done in the 1970s.- Discovery :...
, socially revolutionary Chinese artist from the 1970s. - Zhang (Urdu and Khowar Newsletter)