Xia County or Xiaxian () is a county in the southwest of
Shanxi province,
People's Republic of China
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, bordering
Henan
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province to the southeast. It is under the jurisdiction of
Yuncheng City.
History
In ancient China, it served as the previous capitals of the
Xia Dynasty and the
Wei kingdom, and was previously known as Mingtiao. It was the site of the
Battle of Mingtiao, which took place in about 1600 BCE.
A notable site in the county is Sima Wengong Temple (司馬溫公祠), the family home and burial place of
Sima Guang, a Song Dynasty historian.
Climate
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Shanxi
References
County-level divisions of Shanxi
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