QichunCounty Chinese character Chinese is a county of Huanggang, Hubei , China . QichunCounty is the birthplace ... edge of the County, alongside the Yangtze River . In turn, Qichun is a major center of the herbal industry in China. QichunCounty is known in China as the County of Scholars because more professors 400 and doctors were born there than in any other county of China. The town of Qichun consists of Qichun proper, and Caohe precinct. Image QichunCountyMap.JPG thumb right QichunCounty Map, showing precinct names in pinyin. History The earliest known founding of Qichun was in 201 BC . Due to its strategic location, in history Qichun was referred to as The Key Point in Jinchu Jinchu was the ancient ... County Jiangling to L Meng in 219 AD. Qichun also was evidently a proving ground for renegades ... area of QichunCounty is 2,400 km . Of this, 560 km are arable. Water covers 310 km there are hundreds of lakes in QichunCounty, almost all used for aquaculture . Forested areas cover ... and abundant rainfall average 134 centimeters per year . When the Yangtze River floods, QichunCounty ... and manufacturing of various kinds . About 40 of all the farmers of QichunCounty are engaged in growing ... right Qichun Town Hall The town of Qichun is in the Caohe precinct of QichunCounty, the towns of Qichun and Caohe essentially having amalgamated geographically. Qichun town is the county seat , as it were, of QichunCounty. The government buildings for the County and the Town are adjacent to each ... of the QichunCounty economy. Some 200,000 herb farmers live in QichunCounty. They produce more than ... it on the right. QichunCounty has its own Social Welfare Institute SWI to accommodate elderly people ... activities. About 400 orphans have been adopted internationally from QichunCounty SWI. These children ... zuan wei yuan hui bian zuan. History of QichunCounty in Hubei Province in Chinese , published at Wuhan ... County level divisions of Hubei de Qichun fr Xian de Qichun ko ja no Qichun vi K Xu n, Ho ng ... more details
Infobox settlement name An County translit lang1 Chinese character Chinese translit lang1 type Chinese character Chinese translit lang1 info translit lang1 type1 Pinyin translit lang1 info1 n Xi n postal code 622650 postal code type Postal code of China Postal code pushpin map China pushpin map caption Location in China pushpin mapsize 250 seat Huagai seat type County seat settlement type County China County image skyline image map Location of An within Sichuan China .png map caption Location of An County within Mianyang , Sichuan mapsize 250px subdivision type Country subdivision name People s Republic of China China subdivision type1 Province China Province subdivision name1 Sichuan subdivision type2 Prefecture level city Prefecture subdivision name2 Mianyang area code 0816 area total km2 1404 population population as of population density km2 auto population total 500000 coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CN latNS N latd 31 latm 39 lats longEW E longd 104 longm 25 longs elevation ft elevation m timezone China Standard Time China Standard utc offset 8 website http anxian.my.gov.cn An County Chinese character Chinese Pinyin n Xi n is a County China county in Mianyang , Sichuan , China . It has an area of 1,404 square kilometers and a population of 500,000. ref zh icon http anxian.my.gov.cn ax 219835259640872960 20080414 180604.html Profile of An County , official website of An County Government , visited on May 20, 2008. ref Administrative divisions An County has 17 Town China towns and 3 Township China townships . ref zh icon http www.xzqh.org QUHUA 51sc 0724ax.htm Profile of An County . ref Towns Anchang Sangzao Huagai Huangtu Tashui Xiushui Heqing Yong an Jiepai Yonghe Jushui Qingquan Baolin ... Reflist External links http anxian.my.gov.cn Official website of An County Government County level divisions of Sichuan Category County level divisions of Sichuan de An Mianyang fr Xian d An ko ... more details
Distinguish Country Other uses Refimprove date June 2010 A county is a jurisdiction of local government ... taken as equivalent to the continental use of count and county . So, the later imported term became ... division of the kingdom, the term county evolved to designate an administrative division ... states themselves having no formal divisions. A county may be further subdivided into civil townships townships or other administrative jurisdictions under the county s control. The boundaries of a county usually, but not always, contain city cities , village s, town s, or other municipal ... or indirect county control. In the United States, for example, municipalities are usually independent of county authority but file certain reports and returns with state government through various organs and agencies of county government. In the United Kingdom, many county names derive from the name of the county town with the word shire added on for example, Gloucester , in Gloucestershire Worcester ... Etymology of the word county . ref Outside the Anglophone community of nations, the term county is often ... to the county as that entity is known in predominantly English speaking countries. Canada Five of the ten Canadian provinces use county as a regional subdivision. These include all four original ... municipalities, metropolitan municipalities, and regional municipalities. In Alberta , the county ... municipal district under the Municipal Government Act , when the County Act was repealed in the mid 1990s, at which time they were also permitted to retain the usage of county in their official ... instead of counties, and British Columbia uses regional districts. County can be abbreviated as either co. or cty. China Main County China The word county is used to translate the Chinese language Chinese term xi n or . On Mainland China under the People s Republic of China , counties are the County ... level . There are 1,464 counties in mainland China out of a total of 2,862 county level divisions ... more details
Luotian County Chinese character Chinese is a county of Huanggang, Hubei , China . Located in the foothills of Dabie Shan Dabie Mountains , the County has a population of about 600,000 and covers an area of 2,144 square kilometers. History Luotian is the birthplace of Xu Shouhui , ? 1360 who was a rebel leader in the late Yuan Dynasty 1279 1368 who proclaimed himself Emperor. Also known as Xu Zhenyi or , Xu originally was a cloth vendor by profession. In 1351, he worked with others in Qizhou , in present day QichunCounty to establish the rebel army of Red Turbans under the pretense of the Buddhist White Lotus Society . Otherwise, the history of Luotian is little known until about 523AD. Economy Luotian County is well known for its abundant production of silkworm , sweet persimmon , and particularly chestnut , in which it is the leading producer of all Chinese counties. The county is more than 60 covered by forest, with many chestnut trees. The county has produced geothermal energy and high quality mineral water for more than 150 years. It also has silver, lead, zinc, iron, fluorspar, feldspar, mica, chiolite and other minerals, as well as granite and white marble. The main industries are food processing, electrical machinery, pharmaceuticals, car parts, building materials, and tourism. Transportation Although in a mountainous area, transportation in Luotian is good, with numerous roads and highways, plus the Beijing Guangzhou rail line passing through it. Huangzhou port is not far away on the Yangtze river and Wuhan airport is 110 kilometers away. China National Highway 318 References http www.ltbtv.com.cn Luotian website Chinese Hubei geo stub County level divisions of Hubei coord 31 02 47 N 115 29 46 E region CN 42 type adm2nd source kolossus dewiki display title Category County level divisions of Hubei de Luotian fr Xian de Luotian ko ja no Luotian vi La i n zh ... more details
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