Wu'an is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a Administrative divisions of China#County level (3rd), county-level administrative divi ...

in the southwest of

Hebei Province Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, China, bordering

Shanxi Province Shanxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is ...

to the west. It is under the administration of 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' ...

Handan Handan is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Hebei province, China. The southernmost prefecture-level city of the province, it borders Xingtai on the north, and the provinces of Shanxi on the west, Henan on the south and Shando ...

History

People's Republic

In August 1949, Wu'an was one of three

counties A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

to be detached from Handan and attached to

Pingyuan Province Pingyuan () was a former province of the People's Republic of China that existed between 1949 and 1952. Its capital was Xinxiang, now in Henan province. History Pingyuan Province was established on August 20, 1949, comprising adjoining prefectur ...

. In 1952, as Pingyuan dissolved, Wu'an returned to Handan.

Administrative divisions

As of 2005, Wu'an had a population of approximately 66,000.邯郸市-行政区划网
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Towns

Wu'an Town (), Kang'ercheng (), Niuji (), Cishan (), Baiyan (), Shucun (), Datong, Wu'an (), Yicheng (), Kuangshan (),

Hejin Hejin () is a county-level city of Yuncheng City, in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, located on the east (left) bank of the Yellow River. It borders Jishan and Wanrong counties to the east and south, Linfen to the ...

(), Yangyi (), Paihui (), Yetao ()

Townships

Shangtuancheng Township (), Bei'anzhuang Township (), Bei'anle Township (), Xitushan Township (), Xisizhuang Township (), Huoshui Township (), Shidong Township (), Guantao Township (), Majiazhuang Township ()

Climate

References

External links

County-level cities in Hebei Handan {{Handan-geo-stub