Pingli County Explained

Pingli County
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Location of Ankang Prefecture within Shaanxi (China).png
Map Caption1:Ankang in Shaanxi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shaanxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Ankang
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2647
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:194907
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China standard time
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:725500
Area Code Type:Area code
Blank Name:Licence plates
Blank Info:Chinese: 陕G

Pingli County is a county the southeast of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Chongqing to the south and Hubei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ankang.

History

Han dynasty tomb unearthed in 2006

In January 2006 during the construction of a plaza in Pingli County a Han dynasty era tomb was uncovered, during its excavation archeologists found 259 Wu Zhu cash coins, one tripod made from iron, a pottery kitchen range as well as three pottery urns.[1]

Administrative divisions

As 2019, Pingli County is divided to 11 towns.[2]

Towns
  • Chengguan (Chinese: 城关镇)
  • Xinglong (Chinese: 兴隆镇)
  • Laoxian (Chinese: 老县镇)
  • Dagui (Chinese: 大贵镇)
  • Sanyang (Chinese: 三阳镇)
  • Luohe (Chinese: 洛河镇)
  • Guangfo (Chinese: 广佛镇)
  • Baxian (Chinese: 八仙镇)
  • Chang'an (Chinese: 长安镇)
  • Zhengyang (Chinese: 正阳镇)
  • Xihe (Chinese: 西河镇)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Han Dynasty Coins Unearthed in Shaanxi.. 10 January 2006. 3 September 2018. Xinhua News Agency (hosted on China.org.cn).. en.
  2. Web site: 统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn . XZQH . zh . 2021-01-02.