Place:Qingyang, Kansu, People's Republic of China

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NameQingyang
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates36.083°N 107.883°E
Located inKansu, People's Republic of China
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Qingyang is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China.

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History

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Qingyang was part of the area where the earliest cultures along the Yellow River developed and was part of the heartland of the Qin state that would eventually unite China. It was also an important place in the communist revolution.

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Meteor shower

In March or April 1490 AD a presumed meteor shower occurred in the Qingyang district.[1][2] If a meteor shower did occur, it may have been the result of the breakup of an asteroid. At least three surviving Chinese historical records describe a shower during which "stones fell like rain", killing more than 10,000 people.[1][3] Due to the paucity of detailed information and the lack of surviving meteorites or other physical evidence, researchers have also been unable to definitively state the exact nature of the dramatic event.[4]

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