Dezhou
Dezhou ( Chinese 德 州市 , Pinyin Dézhōu shì ) is a district-free city in the extreme northwest of the Chinese province of Shandong . Dezhou has an area of 10,356 km² and approx. 5.79 million inhabitants (2016). 526,232 people live in the actual urban settlement area (2010 census). The Japanese twin town of Dezhous is Niihama in the Japanese prefecture of Ehime.
history
The tomb of the king of the Sulu Islands, which is tended by the local Hui , is particularly interesting and culturally and historically valuable in Dezhou . The grave is located in the north of Decheng downtown district, in a small village called Beiying. 710 Hui (1990) live here, the majority of whom are descendants of two sons ( An dulu and Wen hala) of a king of the indigenous people of the Sulu Islands (today's Philippines ). The Sulu king had been on a state visit to the court of the Ming Dynasty in Yongle 15 (1417) with a delegation of 340 people and died on the way home in Dezhou. His two younger sons stayed at the grave, entered into marriage relationships with three local Hui families (Xia, Ma, and Chen), and formed the An and Wen families . In Yongzheng 9 (1731), their descendants, which had grown to 193 people, were granted Chinese citizenship by the Qing Emperor. The tomb of the King of Sulu has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1988 .
Administrative structure
The city of Dezhou is composed of two districts , seven districts and two independent cities . These are:
- Decheng District (德 城区), 539 km², 570,000 people;
- Lingcheng District (陵 城区), 1,213 km², 560,000 inhabitants, capital: Lingcheng Municipality (陵 城镇);
- Pingyuan County (平原 县), 1,047 km², 450,000 inhabitants, capital: Pingyuan Township (平原 镇);
- Circuit Xiajin (夏津县) square kilometers 882, 490,000 inhabitants, capital: large community. Xiajin (夏津镇);
- Wucheng district (武 城县), 751 km², 370,000 inhabitants, main town: Wucheng municipality (武 城镇);
- Qihe County (齐河 县), 1,411 km², population 610,000, capital: Yancheng Township (晏 城镇);
- Linyi district (临邑 县), 1,016 km², 520,000 inhabitants, capital: Linyi municipality (临邑 镇);
- Ningjin County (宁津 县), 833 km², 460,000 inhabitants, capital: Ningjin Township (宁津 镇);
- Qingyun County (庆云县), 502 km², 300,000 inhabitants, capital: Qingyun Township (庆云 镇);
- City of Laoling (乐陵 市), 1,172 km², 640,000 inhabitants;
- Yucheng City (禹 城市), 990 km², 500,000 inh.
Web links
- Tomb of King of Sulu - English
Coordinates: 37 ° 27 ' N , 116 ° 18' E