Yongnian | |
Other Name: | Yungnien |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 057150 |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | China Hebei |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hebei |
Coordinates: | 36.744°N 114.544°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Hebei |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Handan |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Former names | |
Also Known As: | Yongnian County |
P2: | Yǒngniánxiàn |
W2: | Yung-nien Hsien |
L2: | AllYearCounty LongevityCounty |
Altname3: | Guangping Prefecture |
P3: | Guǎngpíngfǔ |
W3: | Kuang-p‘ing Fu |
L3: | ExpansivelyPacified Prefecture |
Altname4: | Ming Prefecture |
P4: | Míngzhōu |
W4: | Ming Chou |
L4: | Ming River Prefecture |
Yongnian is an urban district of the city of Handan, Hebei province, China. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian.
During the middle ages, the region was known as Ming Prefecture and administered from Mingzhou, now known as Guangfu. Guangfu continued to serve as the local seat of government when Ming Prefecture first became Guangping Prefecture and then Yongnian County. The area's population was about 220,000 in 1491; 1,225,408 in 1820; 1,101,876 in 1883; and 1,734,036 in 1946.
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