Shunping County

Shunping County 顺平县
County
Shunping in Baoding
Baoding in Hebei
Coordinates: 38°50′13″N 115°08′06″E / 38.837°N 115.135°E / 38.837; 115.135Coordinates: 38°50′13″N 115°08′06″E / 38.837°N 115.135°E / 38.837; 115.135
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Baoding
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.shunping.gov.cn

Shunping County
Peach blossoms in Shunping County
Traditional Chinese	順平縣
Simplified Chinese	顺平县
showTranscriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shùnpíng Xiàn Wade–Giles Shun-p‘ing Hsien

Shunping County is a rural county in the west-central part of Hebei province, China.^[1] It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baoding and lies to the west of its urban core.

History[]

Under the Han, Shunping was known as Quni.^[2] It was a base for Chen Xi's general (t 王黃, s 王黄, Wáng Huáng) in his short-lived rebellion and the site of the defeat and executions of Wang and (侯敞, Hóu Chǎng) by Guan Ying and other imperial forces in 196 BC.

It was renamed Shunping under Wang Mang's short-lived Xin Dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions[]

Towns:^[1]

• (蒲阳镇), (高于铺镇), (腰山镇)

Townships:^[1]

• (蒲上乡), (白云乡), (河口乡), (安阳乡), (台鱼乡), (大悲乡), (神南乡)

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Citations[]

Bibliography[]

Hung Hing-ming (2011), The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty, New York: Algora Publishing.

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