Ningwu County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | China Shanxi |
Pushpin Label: | Ningwu |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Shanxi |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Shanxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Xinzhou |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 39.0053°N 112.3022°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Ningwu County is a county under the administration of Xinzhou in Shanxi province, China.
Present-day Ningwu County includes the site of the former seat of Loufan County, now part of Taiyuan Prefecture.
In October 1937, the city was occupied by Japanese forces. 4,800 out of the 7,000 residents of Ningwu were massacred by the Japanese.