Baixiang County

Baixiang County

柏乡县
Paisiang
Baixiang County 柏乡县 Paisiang
County
	Baixiang in Xingtai
	Xingtai in Hebei
	Coordinates: 37°28′55″N 114°41′35″E / 37.482°N 114.693°ECoordinates: 37°28′55″N 114°41′35″E / 37.482°N 114.693°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Xingtai
Township-level divisions	3 towns; 3 townships
County seat	(柏乡镇)
Area
• Total	268 km2 (103 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population (2014)[citation needed]
• Total	193,777
• Density	720/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	055450
Area code(s)	0319

Baixiang County (simplified Chinese: 柏乡县; traditional Chinese: 柏鄉縣; pinyin: Bǎixiāng Xiàn) is a county in the southwest of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a population of 193,777 (2014) residing in an area of 268 km² (103 sq mi). It lies generally to the east of G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway and China National Highway 107. The Baixiang County is known as being the former capital of the state of Xiang (襄國) of the Southern Huns state Later Zhao, described in the Fang Xuanling Book of Jin Chapter 104, was located in the territory of the county.^[1] It was a place of the 351 CE Battle of Xiangguo between Ran Min's army and Shi Zhi of Later Zhao. After the battle, the Later Zhao general [zh] (劉顯) killed Shi Zhi in Xiangguo, the Xiangguo city was burned, and its population moved to Yecheng.

Administrative divisions[]

The county administers 3 towns and 3 townships.^[2]

^ Taskin V.S., "Materials on history of nomadic tribes in China 3rd-5th cc", Issue 2 "Jie", "Science", Moscow, 1990, p. 43 on, ISBN 5-02-016543-3
^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：柏乡县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

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