Yangyuan County

Yangyuan County 阳原县
County
Aerial view of Sanggan River Valley in Yangyuan
Location in Zhangjiakou
Yangyuan Location of the seat in Hebei
Coordinates: 40°07′N 114°10′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Zhangjiakou
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yangyuan County
Simplified Chinese	阳原县
Traditional Chinese	陽原縣
Literal meaning	Sunny Plain County Yang Plain County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yángyuán Xiàn Wade–Giles Yang-yüan Hsien

Yangyuan County is a county in Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China.

Geography

Yangyuan is bounded by Huai'an County to the north, Xuanhua County to the east, Yu County to the south, and by Datong municipality in Shanxi Province to the north and west.

History

Under the Han, Yangyuan County was part of Dai Commandery.

Administration

Yangyuan runs 5 towns (zhen, 镇) and 9 townships (xiang, 乡). The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Xicheng Town, together with the CPC and PSB branches.

Towns

• Xicheng (西城镇)
• Dongcheng (东城镇)
• Huashaoying (化稍营镇)
• Chuaihuatuan (揣骨疃镇)
• Dongjingji (东井集镇)

Townships

• Yaojiazhuang (要家庄乡)
• Dongfangchengbu (东坊城堡乡)
• Jing'ergou (井儿沟乡)
• Sanmafang (三马坊乡)
• Gaoqiang (高墙乡)
• Datianwa (大田洼乡)
• Xinbu (辛堡乡)
• Majuanbu (马圈堡乡)
• Futujiang (浮图讲乡)