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Ichang

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Ichang: see Yichang Yichang or Ichang , city (1994 est. pop. 428,400), SW Hubei prov., China, a river port on the Chang. It is the western terminus for large oceangoing vessels traveling up the Chang from Shanghai; there goods are transshipped to smaller boats that
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Yichang, Ichang, I-ch'ang
a port in S central China, in Hubei province on the Yangtze River 1600 km (1000 miles) from the East China Sea: the Three Gorges dam, the world's biggest hydroelectric and flood-control project, is nearby. Pop.: 724 000 (2005 est.)

Ich’ang 

a city in China, in Hupeh Province, on the middle course of the Yangtze River, below Sanhsia Gorge. It is known as the “gateway” to the Szechwan Basin. Population, 90, 000 (1956). It is an important river port, transshipment point, and industrial center. The city has chemical, paper, textile, machine-building, food-processing, and pharmaceutical industries.



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About that same time in 1908, he'd received appalling news from his benefactor, the Arnold Arboretum: The 18,000 lily bulbs he'd shipped from Ichang to Boston had rotted en route.
 
 
 
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