Yanggao County
Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong.
Yanggao County 阳高县 Yangkao | |
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County | |
  Yanggao Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′40″N 113°44′56″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Yanggao County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陽高縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阳高县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sunny Heights County Yang-Heights County | ||||||||
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| Gaoliu | |||||||||
| Chinese | 高柳 | ||||||||
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History
Yanggao was formerly known as Gaoliu. Under the Qin and Western Han, it was part of Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day Yuzhou in Hebei) during the Three Kingdoms Period.[1]
See also
- Other Gaolius
References
Citations
- Xiong (2009), s.v. "Daijun".
Bibliography
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 19, Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
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