Qianxi County, Hebei
Qianxi County
迁西县 | |
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![]() ![]() Qianxi Location of the seat in Hebei | |
Coordinates: 40°08′28″N 118°18′54″E / 40.141°N 118.315°ECoordinates: 40°08′28″N 118°18′54″E / 40.141°N 118.315°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture-level city | Tangshan |
Area | |
• Total | 1,439 km2 (556 sq mi) |
Population | 410,000 |
Time zone | UTC+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[]
- ^ http://www.qianxi.cn/content/index/id/225.html
- ^ "Raw or cooked, choose chestnuts". archive.shine.cn. 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ Xu, Shoubo (2020). Technological Economics. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-15-8582-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 唐山市-行政区划网
External links[]
Categories:
- County-level divisions of Hebei
- Tangshan
- Hebei geography stubs