Talk:Cihai

Date published
Worldcat gives three different dates for the first ed. - 1936, 1937 and 1938. Can someone more familiar with the subject give the correct date?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 15:30, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

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Inaccurate Content in Cihai
I frequently use Cihai as a source for Wikipedia minor geography topics, and I wanted to point out what seems to be a glaring error in one Cihai entry. On page 1246 (Cihai, 6th edition) in the entry for Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, the book says that the entire Kizilsu prefecture is between 4,000 and 7,000+ meters above sea level. Didn't pass my common sense test: could an entire prefecture of half a million residents be higher in elevation than the highest settlement in the USA? (List of highest United States cities by state or territory) In this map, Artux/Artush/Atushi is indeed shown to be about 1150 meters above sea level, much more reasonable. There are indeed areas above 4,000 meters above sea level in Kizilsu, but the populated areas are mostly below this altitude. Therefore we should say that Cihai is demonstrated to be faulty, at least on this one question. This should be taken into consideration when using the book as a source on Wikipedia. Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:54, 8 September 2020 (UTC)