Gaoyang County () is a
county
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in the central part of
Hebei
Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the
prefecture-level city
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of
Baoding and has an area of .
The county seat is in Gaoyang Town ().
Administrative divisions
There are 4 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration.
Towns:
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Gaoyang (),
Pangkou (),
Xiyan (),
Xingjianan ()
Townships:
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Jinzhuang Township (),
Pukou Township (),
Xiaowangguozhuang Township (),
Longhua Township (),
Pangjiazhuang Township ()
Climate
Notable inhabitants
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Liang Tsai-Ping,
guzheng player
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Qi Xin, author and member of the Chinese Communist Party, wife of Chinese communist revolutionary
Xi Zhongxun and mother of Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and Chinese President
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...
References
External links
Geography of Baoding
County-level divisions of Hebei
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