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Tongling

Tongling is a city in the Anhui province of China.

In Chinese, Tong means copper, while ling means city. This city produces a lot copper and is named after that. Actually, this area has a long long history about copper production, as evidenced from the work of Li Bai, one the most famous poets in Chinese history.

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