Pengze County

Pengze County
彭泽县
County

Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi
Coordinates (Longcheng government): 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E / 29.896°N 116.549°E / 29.896; 116.549Coordinates: 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E / 29.896°N 116.549°E / 29.896; 116.549
Country People's Republic of China
Province Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city Jiujiang
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Pengze County (simplified Chinese: 彭泽县; traditional Chinese: 彭澤縣; pinyin: Péngzé Xiàn) is a county in the north of Jiangxi Province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze. The northernmost county-level division of the province, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.

Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)

Pengze. Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

Transport

Pengze is served by the Tongling–Jiujiang Railway.

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