Zhenyuan County () is a

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in the east of

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province, China, bordering Ningxia to the west. It is under the administration of the

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of Qingyang. Its postal code is 744500, and its population in 2018 was 528,076 people. One of the earliest

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sites in China, Dongdonggou, was found in Zhenyuan. In the Han dynasty it was established as Linjing County, during the Yuan dynasty it was named Yuanzhou, and during the Ming dynasty it became Zhenyuan County. Zhenyuan is mostly dependent on cultivation of grains, vegetable oils, melons and vegetables. It also has oil reserves. In October 2019, the Zhenyuan County Library posted images of

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of 65 books from the library. The post attracted significant controversy on Chinese social media.

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