Huojia County () is a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of
Xinxiang
Xinxiang ( ; postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China.
It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and t ...
, in the northwest of
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...
province, China.
The name Huojia, which means "capturing
üJia", was used as the county name in 111 BC when
Emperor Wu of Han
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), formally enshrined as Emperor Wu the Filial (), born Liu Che (劉徹) and courtesy name Tong (通), was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty of ancient China, ruling from 141 to 87 BC. His reign last ...
, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han forces had captured Lü Jia –prime minister of
Nanyue kingdom– in the
Han–Nanyue War.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this county is divided to 9 towns, 2 townships and 1 other.
;Towns
;Townships
*
Weizhuang Township ()
*
Daxinzhuang Township ()
;Others
*
Xigong District Administrative Committee
Xigong is a transliteration of Mandarin Chinese that may refer to:
* Xigong District (), in Luoyang, Henan, China
* Ho Chi Minh City
, population_density_km2 = 4,292
, population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2
, population_demonym = Saigo ...
()
Climate
References
County-level divisions of Henan
Xinxiang
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