Yinan County

Yinan County 沂南县 Inan
County
Yinan Location of the seat in Shandong
Coordinates: 35°33′00″N 118°27′55″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Linyi
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

A rubbing of a Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) pictorial stone (i.e. the Yinan stone carving of Shandong province, China) showing an ancestral worship hall (祠堂) with closed doors, a person outside making a sacrificial offering to his ancestors, and horses and trees in the background.

Yinan (Chinese: 沂南县; pinyin: Yínán Xiàn; lit. 'Yi (River) south') is a county in the south of Shandong province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linyi.

The population was 896,467 in 1999.

Administrative divisions

Towns:

• Jiehu (界湖镇), Andi (岸堤镇), Sunzu (孙祖镇), Shuanghou (双堠镇), Qingtuo (青驼镇), Zhangzhuang (张庄镇), Zhuanbu (砖埠镇), Gegou (葛沟镇), Yangjiapo (杨家坡镇), Dazhuang (大庄镇), Xinji (辛集镇), Puwang (蒲汪镇), Hutou (湖头镇), Sucun (苏村镇), Tongjing (铜井镇), Yiwen (依汶镇)

The only township is Mamuchi Township (马牧池乡)

Notable people

• Zhuge Liang (181-234 AD), inventor, and strategist under the Shu Han state during the Three Kingdoms period in China.
• Chen Guangcheng (born 1971, in Dongshigu Village (东师古村), Shuanghou town), human rights defender (under unofficial house arrest in 2011-2012, his six-year-old daughter not being allowed to attend school).

External links

• Official homepage