Muye District () is a district of the city 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 the pr ...
,
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 al ...
province, China.
History
The BC
Battle of Muye
The Battle of Muye () or Battle of the Mu was a battle fought in ancient China between the rebel Zhou state and the reigning Shang dynasty. The Zhou army, led by Wu of Zhou, defeated the defending army of King Di Xin of Shang at Muye and capt ...
ended
Shang
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and f ...
hegemony over the
Wei and
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at th ...
s and established the state of
Zhou.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this district is divided to 7 subdistricts, 1 town and 1 township.
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Donggandao Subdistrict ()
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Rongxiaolu Subdistrict ()
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Beigandao Subdistrict ()
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Huayuan Subdistrict
Huayuan Subdistrict () is a subdistrict located on southwest side of Nankai District, Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the ...
()
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Weibei Subdistrict ()
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Xinhuilu Subdistrict ()
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Hepinglu Subdistrict ()
;Towns
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Wangcun ()
;Townships
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Muye Township
Muye District () is a district of the city of Xinxiang, Henan province, China.
History
The BC Battle of Muye ended Shang hegemony over the Wei and Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is ...
()
References
County-level divisions of Henan
Xinxiang
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