Zhenping County () is a county in the southwest of

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...

province, China. 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 ...

Nanyang Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to: Written as 南洋 (Southern Ocean) * Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea ;China * Nanyang Fleet, Qing ...

Introduction

Zhenping was known in ancient times as Nieyang. It has a long history of

jade Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group ...

carving for more than 4,000 years, and it is known as the jade capital of China. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese jade culture. Jin Laizong Zhengda was set up in Zhenping County for three years (1226 AD). Yuan Haowen, a famous poet in the Jinyuan period, was the first county magistrate in Zhenping. Zhenping was also the hometown of the modern general

Peng Xuefeng Peng Xuefeng () (September 9, 1907 – September 11, 1944) was a New Fourth Army general officer during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Early life Peng was born in Zhenping County, Henan. He was not related to Marshal Peng Dehuai. Personal lif ...

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 3 subdistricts, 11 towns, 7 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;Subdistricts * Nieyang Subdistrict () * Xuefeng Subdistrict () * Yudu Subdistrict () ;Towns ;Townships ;Ethnic townships * Guozhuang Hui Township ()

Climate

Economy

The Henan Kangyuan Softshell Turtle Farm (), located in Zhenping County's Jiasong Town is one of China's largest facilities for raising the Yellow River Turtle (), a variety of the

Chinese softshell turtle The Chinese softshell turtle (''Pelodiscus sinensis'') is a species of softshell turtle that is native to China (Inner Mongolia to Guangxi, including Hong Kong) and Taiwan, with records of escapees—some of which have established introduced po ...

. The farm, which occupies 600 '' mu'' (100 acres) of land and water, raises some 6 million of those creatures per year.. In this report, the farm is said to be the largest Chinese softshell turtle farms north of the Yangtze River.

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County-level divisions of Henan Nanyang, Henan {{Henan-geo-stub