Anguo
Anguo (simplified Chinese: 安国; traditional Chinese: 安國; pinyin: Ānguó), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (药都), is a county-level city under the administration of and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China.[2]
Anguo 安国市 Ankwo | |
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 Temple for the God of Medicine | |
 Location in Baoding | |
  Anguo Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 38°25′05″N 115°19′37″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Baoding |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 485.1 km2 (187.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.00 km2 (31.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (107 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 415,000 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 109,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 071200 |
| Area code(s) | 0312 |
| Website | anguo |
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| Simplified Chinese | 安国 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 安國 | ||||||||
| Postal | Ankwo | ||||||||
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| Qizhou | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 祁州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Chichow | ||||||||
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It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine (藥王廟) established around 100.
In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (Chinese: 祁州; pinyin: Qízhōu). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in 486 km2 (188 sq mi), of which the centrally placed Yaocheng (药城; Yàochéng) is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing was born here.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:[2]
- Qizhouyaoshi Subdistrict (祁州药市街道)
Towns:
- Qizhou (祁州镇), Wurenqiao (伍仁桥镇), Shifo (石佛镇), Zhengzhang (郑章镇), Xifoluo (西佛落镇), Dawunü (大五女镇)
Townships:
- Mingguandian Township (明官店乡), Nanloudi Township (南娄底乡), Xi'anguocheng Township (西安国城乡), Beiduancun Township (北段村乡)
External links
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- 安国市-行政区划网. XZQH.
- 药都安国 (Anguo, the Medicine Capital). Municipal government website, in Simplified Chinese
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