Aigun

thumb|Aigou (Aigun) shown as one of the few towns on the Amur, and one of the most important places in the region, on a 1706 French map Aigun (; Manchu: aihūn; ) was a historic Chinese town in northern Manchuria, situated on the right bank of the Amur River, some south (downstream) from the central urban area of Heihe (which is across the Amur from the mouth of the Zeya River and Blagoveschensk).

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Place details

Locality: Благовещенск
Region: Амурская область
Country: Россия
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Aigun
Settlement.other_name: Aihui
Settlement.native_name: 瑷珲
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-cn
Settlement.translit_lang1: Manchu
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Manchu
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Transliteration
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: aihūn
Settlement.translit_lang2: Chinese
Settlement.translit_lang2_type: Traditional
Settlement.translit_lang2_type1: Simplified
Settlement.translit_lang2_type2: Pinyin
Settlement.translit_lang2_info2: Ài Huī
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Fujian
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

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The Chinese name of the town, which literally means "Bright Jade", was a transliteration of the Manchu (or Ducher) name of the town. The current Mainland Chinese pronunciation Ài Huī does not reflect this, unlike the Taiwanese pronunciation which still follows the Old National Pronunciation Ài Hún.