Shunping County is a rural

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in the west-central part of

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and lies to the west of its urban core.

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Han Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...

, Shunping was known as Quni.. It was a base for Chen Xi's general Wang Huang ( t s ''Wáng Huáng'') in his short-lived rebellion and the site of the defeat and executions of Wang and Hou Chang ( ''Hóu Chǎng'') by

Guan Ying Guan Ying (died 176 BC), posthumously known as Marquis Yi of Yingyin, was a Chinese military general and politician who served as a chancellor of the Western Han dynasty. Life Guan Ying was from Suiyang (), which is present-day Shangqiu, Hena ...

and other imperial forces in 196BC. It was renamed Shunping under

Wang Mang Wang Mang () (c. 45 – 6 October 23 CE), courtesy name Jujun (), was the founder and the only Emperor of China, emperor of the short-lived Chinese Xin dynasty. He was originally an official and consort kin of the Han dynasty and later ...

's short-lived

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(), Gaoyupu (), Yaoshan () Townships: *

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(), Baiyun Township (),

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(), Anyang Township (), Taiyu Township (), Dabei Township (), Shennan Township ()

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