Pingyuan County () is a county in the northwest of
Shandong
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province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the
prefecture-level city
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of
Dezhou. It has an area of .
History
At the end of the
Han dynasty
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,
Liu Bei
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began his political career as prefect of
Pingyuan Commandery. The town was one of the starts for the anti-Western
Boxer Rebellion.
The population was 437,584 in 1999.
Administrative divisions
, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships.
;Subdistricts
*Longmen Subdistrict ()
*Taoyuan Subdistrict ()
;Towns
*
Wangfenglou ()
*
Qiancao ()
*
Encheng ()
*
Wangmiao ()
*
Wanggaopu ()
*
Zhanghua ()
*
Jiaozhan
Jiaozhan () is a town in Pingyuan County, Dezhou, in northwestern Shandong province, China
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()
;Townships
*Fangzi Township ()
*Wangdagua Township ()
*Santang Township ()
Climate
References
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Gaotang
Dezhou