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15 unusual facts about Nan


14515 Koichisato

It is named after Koichi Sato, a government official and amateur astronomer in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Hartford circus fire

In recent years, the Hartford circus fire has been covered in detail in several works of non-fiction, including an episode of The History Channel show The Wrath of God and a book Circus Fire by Stewart O'Nan.

Various assertions put forth in A Matter of Degree have been fiercely disputed by investigators who worked on the case, as well as by other writers, most notably Stewart O'Nan, who published The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy in 2001.

Kan Air

The route network consists of destinations such as Chiang Mai to Pai, Mae Hong Son, Nan, Phitsanulok and Khon Kaen.

Khun Nan National Park

It is named after Khun Nan subdistrict (tambon) of Chaloem Phra Kiat District of Nan Province and includes parts located in Bo Kluea District.

NaN

most processors (including those of the Intel/AMD x86-32/x86-64 family, the Motorola 68000 family, the AIM PowerPC family, the ARM family, and the Sun SPARC family) set the signaled/quiet bit to non-zero if the NaN is quiet, and to zero if the NaN is signaling.

Nan, Thailand

By the end of the -14th century Nan was one of the nine northern Thai-Lao principalities that comprised Lan Na Thai (now Lanna) and the city state flourished throughout the 15th century under the name Chiang Klang (Middle City), a reference to its position roughly midway between Chiang Mai (New City) and Chiang Thong (Golden City, which is today's Luang Prabang).

There is much evidence of prehistoric habitation, but it wasn't until several small mueang united to form Nanthaburi on the Nan river in the mid-14th century - contemporary with the creation of Luang Prabang and the Lan Xang (Million Elephants) kingdom in Laos - that the city became a power to be taken into account.

This small wat diagonally opposite Wat Phra That Chang Kham is composed of a distinctive Lanna/Lan Xang-style chedi with four Buddha niches, a wooden hàw trai - now used as a kùti (monk cell) - and a noteworthy bot with a Luang Prabang-style carved wooden veranda.

Also on display on the 2nd floor is a rare black (in fact reddish-brown) elephant tusk said to have been offered to a Nan king over 300 years ago by the Khün lord of Chiang Tung (Kengtung).

Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna

RMUTL consists of 9 universities and RMUTL has six campuses in the north of Thailand: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Tak, Phitsanuloke, and Nan.

Stewart O'Nan

A Face in the Crowd is a novella by Stephen King and O'Nan, originally published as an e-book on August 21, 2012, as well as an audiobook, read by Craig Wasson.

Taiwan Province

These hopes proved unfulfilled as then-Kuomintang member James Soong was elected governor of the Taiwan province by a wide margin, defeating the DPP candidate Chen Ding-nan.

Titiwangsa Mountains

The Titiwangsa Mountains is part of suture zones that runs north-south, starting in Thailand (Nan-Uttaradit/Dien Bien Phu suture zone) and extending south towards peninsular Malaysia (Bentong-Raub suture zone).

Zeti Akhtar Aziz

She was awarded alongside Philippines’ central bank governor Amando Tetangco, Jr. and Taiwan’s Central Bank Governor Perng Fai-nan, from a list of central bank governors of more than 50 key countries.


44011 Juubichi

It was discovered by Tomimaru Okuni at the Nanyo Observatory in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on October 29, 1997.

58600 Iwamuroonsen

It was discovered by Tomimaru Okuni at the Nanyo Observatory in Nan'yō, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, on October 5, 1997.

Buliugu Li

In 452, Emperor Taiwu was assassinated by the eunuch Zong Ai, who made Emperor Taiwu's son Tuoba Yu the Prince of Nan'an emperor, but assassinated him later that year as well.

Càrn nan Gobhar

Carn nan Gobhar is the name of two Munro mountains, north of the Great Glen in Scotland.

China Stamp Society

China Stamp Society chapters in the United States are located at: San Francisco Bay, California (Chiu Chin Shan Chapter); Los Angeles, California (Chia Nan Chapter); Chicago, Illinois (Ping Yuan Zhi Zhu Chapter); Dallas - Ft. Worth Area (North Texas Chapter); and, Seattle, Washington (Chang Qing Long Chapter).

Chung T'ien Television

On January 30, 1997, ownership switched from P.H. Yu (于品海), the current chairman of Nan Hai Corporation Limited (南海控股有限公司), to the Koos Group (和信企業團).

Ehe and Shaoge

They were sent to attack Nan'an, but were captured and executed by the Cao Wei general Guo Huai.

Fan Wuji

He is portrayed by actor Lü Xiaohe in the 1998 film The Emperor and the Assassin and Wang Ya'nan in the 2004 television series Assassinator Jing Ke.

Flat Rock, Michigan

During World War II Nan-Bar Airport served as an accessory airfield for Naval Air Station Grosse Ile.

Gas Light

Directed by Richard Barr, the cast featured José Ferrer (Mr. Manningham), Uta Hagen (Mrs. Manningham), Phyllis Hill (Nancy), Nan McFarland (Elizabeth), Ralph Roberts (Policeman), Victor Thorley (Policeman) and Richard Whorf (Rough).

Hang Hau Station

The station is in the vicinity of many housing complexes, including Residence Oasis, East Point City, Maritime Bay, Nan Fung Plaza, La Cite Noble, and On Ning Garden.

Hoklo

Taiwanese Hokkien, a variety of the Min Nan language group, also called Holo

Hong San See

Called Nan Ming School, it was closed after ten years when it ran into financial difficulties.

Joannie Taylor

The ghost also takes Nan through the 1950s and 1970s before the Ghost of Christmas Present (David Tennant) shows Nan the consequences of her throwing her relatives out when their pet dog dies after choking on a crisp.

Kang Cheng Xi

In a Mediacorp Forum poll, Ma Lu was voted as the second favourite character after Xiao Bao, surpassing veterans Li Nan Xing and Zoe Tay, with 22.5%(as of 1 March 2007) of the total votes.

LAS Magazine

The magazine began as a monthly publication with early articles on the artists and sculptors Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the media company Insound, neo-fascist Austrian politician Jörg Haider, the rock band Frodus, reviews of books by David Guterson and Stuart O'Nan and photo series by Dutch artist André Thijssen.

Marbled whipray

Among the few members of its family restricted to fresh water, the marbled whipray has been reported from Saigon in Vietnam, the Mekong River near Tonle Sap and Phnom Penh in Cambodia, the lower Nan and Chao Phraya Rivers in Thailand, and the Mahakam River in Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Naan

The earliest appearance of "nan" in English literature dates back to 1810, viz. in a travelogue of William Tooke.

Nan Campbell

Nancy "Nan" Campbell (née Phelps; July 7, 1926 − November 19, 2013) was an American politician.

Nan Tuck's Ghost

Nan Tuck's Ghost haunts a lane one mile from Buxted, England, known as Nan Tuck's Lane.

Nanjing Foreign Language School

Nanjing Foreign Language School, (NFLS, Simplified Chinese: 南京外国语学校, or Nan-Wai (南外) for short), is a middle and high school located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.

Navajo AIDS Network

The Navajo AIDS Network (NAN) is a Chinle, Arizona-based HIV prevention and AIDS service organization for American Indians who reside within the Navajo Nation, located in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona.

Pan Zhang

In 223, Cao Pi sent Zhang He, Xu Huang, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and others to lead armies to attack Nan commandery (南郡; around present-day Jingzhou, Hubei) with the objective of capturing Jiangling (江陵; present-day Jiangling County, Jingzhou, Hubei), which was defended by Zhu Ran.

Philippine Hokkien

Quanzhou is the only Min Nan Language with 8 tones, of which 6th tone is present.

The Philippine Min Nan Language follows the 8 tones of Quanzhou because many of the Chinese Filipino how speak Min Nan Language in the Philippines there ancestors are form Quanzhou (Fujian) in China.

Prey Veng Province

In early Christian era, the province was a major center of the kingdom of Fu-nan, between economic and political capitals of the country what were Oc Eo (now in the Vietnamese province of An Giang) and Angkor Borey (in the Cambodian province of Takeo).

Roman Hinderer

He laboured with Anne-Marie de Mailla and Jean-Baptiste Régis on the mapping of the provinces of Ho-nan, Kiang-nan, Che-kiang and Fu-kien (cfr. Du Halde, "Description de la Chine", The Hague, 1736, I, pref., xliii; and Richthofen, "China," Berlin, 1877, I, 682).

Sgùrr nan Each

The highlight of the view from the top of Sgùrr nan Each is the western panorama which takes in the Fisherfield Forest, Slioch and the Torridon Hills.

South Zhongzhou Road

South Zhongzhou Road (Hanyu Pinyin: Nan Zhongzhou Lu) is a road lying on the central axis of Beijing.

Take This Waltz

Actor/Singer Sven Wollter recorded a version of the song with lyrics translated into Swedish on his 1989 album Nån sorts man.

You're So Cool

The series also contains a Boys Love (Yaoi) story between Jae, Nan Woo's uncle, and Hyun-Ho, an acquaintance of Seung Ha.

Zhenan

Zhenan Min (浙南闽语), variety of Min Nan Chinese spoken in southern Zhejiang