Quzhou County

Quzhou County
曲周县
County

Quzhou in Handan

Handan in Hebei
Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E / 36.780°N 114.945°E / 36.780; 114.945Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E / 36.780°N 114.945°E / 36.780; 114.945
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hebei
Prefecture-level city Handan
Area
  Total 667 km2 (258 sq mi)
Elevation 42 m (139 ft)
Population
  Total 400,000
  Density 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 057250
Quzhou County
Traditional Chinese 曲周
Simplified Chinese 曲周

Quzhou[lower-alpha 1] is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Handan, in the south of Hebei Province, China. It has a population of 400,000 residing in an area of 667 km2 (258 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

There are 5 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration.[2]

Towns:

  • Quzhou (曲周镇), Anzhai (安寨镇), Henantuan (河南疃镇), Houcun (侯村镇), Disituan (第四疃镇)

Townships:

  • Dahedao Township (大河道乡), Baizhai Township (白寨乡), Yizhuang Township (依庄乡), Nanliyue Township (南里岳乡), Huaiqiao Township (槐桥乡)

Notes

  1. In addition to the pinyin and Wade-Giles romanizations given above, Quzhou sometimes appears in older works as Ku Chou.[1]

References

Citations

  1. Fitzgerald (1933), p. 222.
  2. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:曲周县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

Bibliography

  • Fitzgerald, Charles Patrick (1933), Son of Heaven: A Biography of Li Shih-Min, Founder of the T'ang Dynasty, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press .


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