Qianxi County, Hebei

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Qianxi County
迁西县
County
Qianxi is located in Hebei
Qianxi
Qianxi
Location of the seat in Hebei
Coordinates: 40°08′28″N 118°18′54″E / 40.141°N 118.315°E / 40.141; 118.315Coordinates: 40°08′28″N 118°18′54″E / 40.141°N 118.315°E / 40.141; 118.315
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityTangshan
Area
[1]
 • Total1,439 km2 (556 sq mi)
Population
410,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Qianxi County (simplified Chinese: 迁西县; traditional Chinese: 遷西縣; pinyin: Qiānxī Xiàn) is a county of Hebei province, China. It contains the northernmost point of Tangshan City which administers it.

Qianxi is known for its chestnuts, producing a third of China's chestnuts export. The history of chestnut cultivation in Qianxi goes back 2,000 years.[2][3]

Some of the oldest dated rock formation are found in Qianxi as part of the Qianxi stage.[4]

Administrative divisions[]

[5] The only subdistrict is (栗乡街道)

Towns:

  • (兴城镇), (金厂峪镇), (洒河桥镇), (太平寨镇), (罗家屯镇), (东荒峪镇), (新集镇), (三屯营镇), (滦阳镇)

Townships:

  • (白庙子乡), (上营乡), (汉儿庄乡), (渔户寨乡), (旧城乡), (尹庄乡), (东莲花院乡), (新庄子乡)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.qianxi.cn/content/index/id/225.html
  2. ^ "Raw or cooked, choose chestnuts". archive.shine.cn. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  3. ^ Xu, Shoubo (2020). Technological Economics. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-15-8582-1.
  4. ^ Liu, D. Y.; Nutman, A. P.; Compston, W.; Wu, J. S.; Shen, Q. H. (1992-04-01). "Remnants of ≥3800 Ma crust in the Chinese part of the Sino-Korean craton". Geology. 20 (4): 339–342. Bibcode:1992Geo....20..339L. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0339:ROMCIT>2.3.CO;2. ISSN 0091-7613.
  5. ^ 唐山市-行政区划网

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