Quzhou County
Appearance
Quzhou County
曲周县 | |
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![]() Quzhou in Handan | |
![]() Handan in Hebei | |
Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E / 36.780°N 114.945°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture-level city | Handan |
Area | |
• Total | 667 km2 (258 sq mi) |
Elevation | 42 m (139 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 400,000 |
• Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 057250 |
Quzhou County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 曲周縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曲周县 | ||||||||
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Quzhou[a] is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Handan, in the south of Hebei Province, China. It has a population of 400,000[when?] residing in an area of 667 km2 (258 sq mi).
Administrative divisions
There are 5 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration.[2]
Towns:
Townships:
- Dahedao Township (大河道乡), Baizhai Township (白寨乡), Yizhuang Township (依庄乡), Nanliyue Township (南里岳乡), Huaiqiao Township (槐桥乡)
Notes
- ^ In addition to the pinyin and Wade-Giles romanizations given above, Quzhou sometimes appears in older works as Ku Chou.[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fitzgerald (1933), p. 222.
- ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:曲周县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
Bibliography
- Fitzgerald, Charles Patrick (1933), Son of Heaven: A Biography of Li Shih-Min, Founder of the T'ang Dynasty, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.