Pingyuan County () is a county in the northwest of

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by 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 China' ...

Dezhou Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei t ...

. It has an area of .

History

At the end of the

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 ...

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the H ...

began his political career as prefect of

Pingyuan Commandery Pingyuan Commandery ( zh, 平原郡) was a historical commandery of China, existing from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty. It was centered around present-day northwestern Shandong province. The commandery was carved out of the Jibei Kingdom during Emp ...

. The town was one of the starts for the anti-Western

Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by ...

. The population was 437,584 in 1999.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships. ;Subdistricts *Longmen Subdistrict () *Taoyuan Subdistrict () ;Towns *

Wangfenglou Wangfenglou () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population e ...

() *

Qiancao Qiancao () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population excee ...

() *

Encheng Encheng () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population excee ...

() * Wangmiao () *

Wanggaopu Wanggaopu () is a town in Pingyuan County, Shandong, Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China. References

Township-level divisions of Shandong {{Shandong-geo-stub ...

() * Zhanghua () *

Jiaozhan Jiaozhan () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exce ...

() ;Townships *Fangzi Township () *Wangdagua Township () *Santang Township ()

Climate

References

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Gaotang Gaotang County () is a county of northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by Liaocheng City. The population was in 2010 (2010 Census). Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 3 subdistr ...

Dezhou