Sichuan, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"…Mae Chang, beautiful and delicate, about as different from Rosie Castro as any woman could be. Mae had worked as a field biologist in Sichuan studying the golden snub-nosed monkey before turning to programming in her mid-twenties."

"Mae replied, “This is nothing. In Sichuan, we were always working in heavy snowstorms, you can’t see what you’re doing, your hands are freezing, the animal’s frozen solid, can’t get a needle in...”"

"XLIII. —Concerning the Province of Acbalec Manzi 33 Notes.—1. Geography, and doubts about Acbalec. 2. Further Journey into Sze-ch’wan."

"Sindafu is certainly Ch’êng-tu fu, the capital of Sze-ch’wan."

"Ch’êng-tu fu is described as being in Sze-ch’wan (interpreted here as Sichuan, China)."

"Sze-ch’wan (Ch’êng-tu), ii. 32n, 34n, 35n, 37n, 40n, 42n, 45n, 46n, 48n, 58n, 60n, 69n, 128n, 131n, 134n"