Foping () is a

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under the administration and in the northeast corner of

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City, in the south of

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province, China. The county was first established in 1824. It has been called the 'home of

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', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 sq km.) of dogwood forests. The

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was first discovered in Foping.

Administrative divisions

As 2019, Foping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 6 towns. ;Subdistricts * Yuanjiazhuang Subdistrict () ;Towns * Chenjiaba () * Daheba () * Xichahe () * Yueba () * Changjiaoba () * Shidunhe ()

Climate

References

County-level divisions of Shaanxi Hanzhong {{Shaanxi-geo-stub