Jizhou District (), formerly a county known as Ji County, is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the far north of the municipality of

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, holding cultural and historical significance (''e.g''., the Buddhist

Temple of Solitary Joy The Dule Temple (Traditional Chinese: 獨樂寺; Simplified Chinese: 独乐寺; pinyin: ''Dúlè Sì''; lit. 'Temple of Solitary Joy) is a Buddhist temple located in Jizhou District of suburban Tianjin, China. The temple is of historical as well ...

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The administration of Jizhou was transferred from

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province to Tianjin in 1973. Historically, it was also known as Yuyang () during the

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. Jizhou is the only mountainous area in the Tianjin municipality, home to the renowned

Mount Pan Mount Pan () is a mountain in Jizhou District, Tianjin, People's Republic of China. It is located from Tianjin and from Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China ...

. Known as "Tianjin's backyard", the spectacular natural scenery and numerous historical monuments, including a small section of the

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known as

Huangyaguan Huangyaguan or Huangya Pass () is a small section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Jizhou District, Tianjin municipality, approximately north of urban Tianjin city. The site lies on a steep and abrupt mountain ridge. Huangyag ...

, in the county means that it is a major tourist attraction. It is also well known for its abundance of unique, local

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s and

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. Jizhou is approximately away from the city proper of Tianjin. It has an area of and a population of 800,000.

Administrative divisions

There are 1

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