Ruzhou Explained

Ruzhou
Settlement Type:	County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Coordinates:	34.167°N 112.844°W
Pushpin Map:	China Henan
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Henan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Henan
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Pingdingshan
Seat Type:	Municipal seat
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	1573
Population As Of:	2019
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	968400
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	467599

Ruzhou is a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province,^[3] China, and is under the administration of Pingdingshan.^[4] It was called Linru County until 1988.^[5] It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The Fengxue Temple of Ruzhou features the Qizu Pagoda, built in 738 during the Tang dynasty (618 - 907).

The town is best well known for the porcelain made during the Song dynasty period.^[6]

History

2004 stabbing

Yan Yanming murdered nine students at Ruzhou No. 2 High School in 2004.^[6]

Administrative divisions

As of 2012, this city is divided to 5 subdistricts, 4 towns and 11 townships.^[7]

Subdistricts

Meishan Subdistrict (Chinese: 煤山街道) Fengxue Road Subdistrict (Chinese: 风穴路街道) Zhonglou Subdistrict (Chinese: 钟楼街道)

Xi'erhe Subdistrict (Chinese: 洗耳河街道) Runan Subdistrict (Chinese: 汝南街道)

Towns

Jiliao (Chinese: 寄料镇) Wenquan (Chinese: 温泉镇)

Linru (Chinese: 临汝镇) Xiaotun (Chinese: 小屯镇)

Townships

Yanglou Township (Chinese: 杨楼乡) Mangchuan Township (Chinese: 蟒川乡) Wangzhai Township (Chinese: 王寨乡) Lingtou Township (Chinese: 陵头乡) Miaoxia Township (Chinese: 庙下乡) Zhifang Township (Chinese: 纸坊乡)

Shangzhuang Township (Chinese: 尚庄乡) Qiling Township (Chinese: 骑岭乡) Dayu Township (Chinese: 大峪乡) Xiadian Township (Chinese: 夏店乡) Jiaocun Township (Chinese: 焦村乡)

Education

• Ruzhou No. 2 High School
• Ruzhou Wangzhai Country Shangzhai Primary School
• Ruzhou Wangzhai Country Joint Middle School
• Ruzhou Wangzhai Country Qiezhuang Primary School
• Ruzhou No. 9 Junior Middle School
• Ruzhou Yanglou Township No. 3 Junior High School
• Ruzhou Yanglou Town Shitai Primary School
• Ruzhou Zhonglou Street Office Erlidian Primary School

Transportation

• China National Highway 207

Notes and References

1. Web site: . zh:最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com . hongheiku . Chinese . 2021-01-12.
2. Web site: . zh:最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com . hongheiku . Chinese . 2021-01-12.
3. Web site: Discover Ruzhou, Home of Ru Porcelain. henan.chinadaily.com.cn. 2019-12-29.
4. Web site: Welcome to Pingdingshan. www.chinadaily.com.cn. 2019-12-29.
5. Web site: Ruzhou City (Linru Co.), Pingdingshan, Henan, China. www.mindat.org. 2019-12-29.
6. Forney, Matthew. China's School Killings. TIME. 2004-11-29. 2017-10-15. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20080309002742/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,832294,00.html. 2008-03-09.
7. Web site: . zh:平顶山市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.