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Pinghe County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of
Pinghe County is famous for its
Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular ulouin existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefec ...
, in southern Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
province, PRC, bordering Guangdong
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province to the west.
Administrative Division
The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi ().Towns (镇, ''zhen'')
Most of Pinghe's oldPeople's communes
The people's commune () was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were divi ...
, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. Aside of Xiaoxi, there are now nine:
*Wenfeng ()
*Shange (山格
*Nansheng ()
* Banzai (坂仔)
*Anhou ()
*Daxi ()
*Jiufeng ()
* Xiazhai ()
* Luxi ()
*Guoqiang ()
Townships (乡, ''xiang'')
There are five townships.Economy
Pinghe County is famous for its pomelo
The pomelo ( ), ''Citrus maxima'', is the largest citrus fruit from the family Rutaceae and the principal ancestor of the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. Similar in taste to a sweet grapefr ...
s.
Tulou
Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular ulouin existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.
Climate
References
External links
* {{Authority control County-level divisions of Fujian Zhangzhou