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Kang may refer to:

Places

Historical

• 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

Present

Iran

• Kang, Isfahan, a village
• Kang, Kerman, a village
• Kang, Razavi Khorasan, a village

Elsewhere

• Kang District, Afghanistan
• Kang, Botswana, a village
• Kang County, Gansu, China
• Kang Kalan, Punjab, India

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)
• David Kang, an Australian barrister and gunman
• Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
• Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive
• Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
• Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation

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
• The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "Paradise Towers" 1987 Doctor Who episode
• Liu Kang, a character in the Mortal Kombat series
• Kang the Mad, a character in Jade Empire 2005 video game
• Meng Kang, a character in the Water Margin
• Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in The Lost Room mini-series
• Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in The Years of Rice and Salt 2002 counterfactual novel

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, US
• Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system