Kang
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Kang (ਕੰਗ) ੴ. — A tribe of Jatt Sardars, found chiefly in the angle between the Beas, Sutlej and Bhakra Canal. Though they have crossed the latter river into Amritsar, Ferozepur, Tarn Taran and Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India. Apparently they found in small numbers all along its banks and even on the Lower Indus. Nowadays Kang Sardars are found mainly in Punjab, India with approximately more than 91000 people strong. A large number of Kang Jatt lives in Khamanon, Fatehgarh Sahib.
Places
- Kang Kalan, Punjab
- Kang District, Afghanistan
- Kang, Botswana, a village
- Kang County, Gansu, China
- Kang, Isfahan, Iran, a village
- Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village
- Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village
- Kham (康), also transliterated as Kang, an area of eastern Tibet and western Sichuan
- Kangju, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia
- Xikang, a province of the Republic of China from 1939 to 1955
People
Royalty
- Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty
- King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty
- King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China
- Duke Kang of Qi (died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi
- Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Surname
- Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康)
- Kang (Korean surname), a common Korean surname (강; 姜)
- C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service
- Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
- Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive
- Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
- Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
Characters
- Kang and Kodos, green one-eyed aliens in The Simpsons
- Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Kang (Star Trek), a Klingon warrior in Star Trek television series
- Liu Kang, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
- Meng Kang, a character in the Water Margin
- Kang the Mad, a character in Jade Empire 2005 video game
- Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in The Years of Rice and Salt 2002 counterfactual novel
- Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in The Lost Room mini-series
- The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "Paradise Towers" 1987 Doctor Who episode
Other uses
- Kang, the star Kappa Virginis
- Kang bed-stove
- K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique
- KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US
- KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA
- KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, sold to KWTX-TV
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