Binzhou (), formerly known as Bin County or Binxian (), is a county-level city of

Xianyang Xianyang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, situated on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream (west) from the provincial capital of Xi'an. Once the capital of the Qin dynasty, it is now integrated into the Xi'an metrop ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

, China, bordering Gansu province in two disparate sections to the north and west.

History

When Binzhou was first established during the

Qin Dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin state (modern Gansu and Shaanxi), ...

, it was called Qi County (). Later, the name was changed to Xinping Jun.During the Tang dynasty, The emperor Xuanzong changed its name to Binzhou.While in 1913 it was changed to Bin County (). In 1964, the name was changed once more, closer to its current form (). In May 2018, with the approval of the

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, the then-Bin County was upgraded to the present

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 county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

status and renamed Binzhou. In its current form, Bin County is named for Bin, the former home where

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settled the Ji clan which became the

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Administrative Subdivisions

Binzhou holds jurisdiction over thirteen

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. ;Towns - Towns are upgraded from Townships. - Towns are established newly. - Former Towns are merged to other. * Xiaozhang (), Yongle () - Former Townships are merged to other. * Xipo Township (), Hanjia Township (), Chejiazhuang Township (), Taiyu Township (), Xinbaozi Township ()

Climate

Notable residents

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— government official from the late Qing period

Transport

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