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

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, and 0 ...

, China, bordering

Shanxi Province Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level ...

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 Chi ...

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 Shan ...

History

People's Republic

In August 1949, Wu'an was one of three counties 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 prefectu ...

. 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 (), 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