Pingyuan County () is a county in the northwest of
Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in His ...
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 Chi ...
of
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
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,
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 ...
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 ...
. 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 Xenophobia, anti-foreign, anti-colonialism, anti-colonial, and Persecution of Christians#China, anti-Christian uprising in China ...
.
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 ()
*
Qiancao ()
*
Encheng ()
*
Wangmiao ()
*
Wanggaopu ()
*
Zhanghua ()
*
Jiaozhan ()
;Townships
*Fangzi Township ()
*Wangdagua Township ()
*Santang Township ()
Climate
References
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Gaotang
Dezhou