Wu'an is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the southwest of

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, China, bordering

Shanxi Province Shanxi; formerly romanised as Shansi is a province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi and Datong. Its one-character abbreviation is ( ...

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 China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...

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 Shando ...

History

People's Republic

In August 1949, Wu'an was one of three

counties A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...

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 2020, Wu'an had a population of approximately 812,000.邯郸市-行政区划网
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Towns

Wu'an Town Wu'an is a county-level city in the southwest of Hebei, Hebei Province, China, bordering Shanxi, Shanxi Province to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Handan. History People's Republic In August 1949, Wu'an ...

(), Kang'ercheng (), Niuji (), Cishan (), Baiyan (), Shucun (), Datong, Wu'an (), Yicheng (), Kuangshan (),

Hejin Hejin () is a county-level city of Yuncheng City, in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, located on the east (left) bank of the Yellow River. It borders Jishan and Wanrong counties to the east and south, Linfen to the ...

(), Yangyi (), Paihui (), Yetao ()

Townships

Shangtuancheng Township (),

Bei'anzhuang Township Bei'anzhuang Township () is a rural township located in Wu'an City, Handan, Hebei, China. According to the 2010 census, Bei'anzhuang Township had a population of 16,684, including 8,581 males and 8,103 females. The population was distributed as fo ...

(),

Bei'anle Township Bei'anle Township () is a rural township located in Wu'an, Handan, Hebei, China. According to the 2010 census, Bei'anle Township had a population of 29,889, including 15,142 males and 14,747 females. The population was distributed as follows: 6,96 ...

(), 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