Yuanping
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 44 ' N , 112 ° 44' E | ||
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| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
| Shanxi | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-SX | ||
| height | 825 m | ||
| surface | 2571 km² | ||
| Residents | 491,213 (2010) | ||
| density | 191.1 Ew. / km² | ||
Yuanping ( 原 平 市 , Yuánpíng Shì ) is a Chinese city in the north of the Shanxi province with 491,213 inhabitants (2010), in 2004 it had about 470,000 inhabitants. It belongs to the administrative area of the prefecture-level Xinzhou City . In 1999 the population was 459,670.
history
Yuanping has a history of over 2000 years. During the Warring States Period , it was part of Zhao State . In the Qin Dynasty , it was under the administration of Taiyuan County. 114 BC, during the reign of Han Emperor Han Wudi , it became an independent Yuanping County, but remained under the administration of Taiyuan. In the 15th year of the reign of Eastern Han Emperor Han Xiandi , it was replaced by Yunzhong County under the administration of Xinxing County. In his 18th year of reign, it was restored as Yuanping County and was under the administration of Yanmen County, to which it belonged during the Three Kingdoms Period . During the Sui Dynasty, the was assigned to Guo County in 606. During the Tang Dynasty, the county was under the administration of Tanglin County from 705. In 1958 the county was called Yuanping. In 1933 the district was dissolved and the city was founded. The city is famous for its painters, calligraphers and poets.
geography
Yuanping lies between the Wutai Shan and the Yunzhong Shan . The city has an area of 2,571 square kilometers. The average temperature is 8 ° C and the annual rainfall is 475 mm.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Shanxi Province: administrative units, extended
- ↑ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS (in English)
- ↑ a b Sun Ruisheng and Yin Jianzeng: Cradle for creativity , China Daily, November 25, 2014
- ↑ a b Origin of the Names of the Counties in Shanxi Province (sic!) Shanxi: City of Yuanping , shanxchina.gov.cn The Origin of the Names of the Counties in Shanxi Province , shanxchina.gov.cn
- ↑ Shanxi Yuanping City (Administrative division) on maps52.com