Ningguo () is a county-level city in the southeast of

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province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of

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City and bordering

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province to the south and east. It has a population of 380,000 and an area of . Ningguo has jurisdiction over eleven towns, seventeen townships, and one ethnic township.

History

The name Ningguo is named from "Yi-QianGau" . It is written, "". Ningguo was founded in 208 CE during the

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr ...

Sun Quan Sun Quan (, Chinese: 孫權) (183 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou (), posthumously known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the Eastern Wu dynasty, one of the Three Kingdoms of China. He inherited control of the warlord regime es ...

divided the southern part of

Wanling County Wanling () is a town under the administration of Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County, Hainan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependenci ...

into Ningguo and

Huaian County Huai'an County () is a county in the northwest of Hebei, China. It is under the administration of Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in ...

. On April 23, 1949, Ningguo County was occupied by the People's Liberation Army, and in May it was assigned to

Xuancheng Prefecture Xuancheng () is a city in the southeast of Anhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty. Located in the lower Yangtze River drainage ...

. It became part of Huizhou Prefecture in January 1952,

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in February 1956, Huizhou Prefecture again in March 1961, and finally

in January 1980.

Administrative divisions

Ningguo City is divided to 6 Subdistricts, 8 towns and 5 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships

History

Administrative divisions

Climate

Transportation

Rail

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