Yinan County

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Yinan County
沂南县
Inan
County
Yinan is located in Shandong
Yinan
Yinan
Location of the seat in Shandong
Coordinates: 35°33′00″N 118°27′55″E / 35.5500°N 118.4652°E / 35.5500; 118.4652Coordinates: 35°33′00″N 118°27′55″E / 35.5500°N 118.4652°E / 35.5500; 118.4652
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShandong
Prefecture-level cityLinyi
Area
[1]
 • Total1,719 km2 (664 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total838,000
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
276300
A rubbing of a Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) pictorial stone (i.e. the Yinan stone carving of Shandong province, China) showing an ancestral worship hall (祠堂) with closed doors, a person outside making a sacrificial offering to his ancestors, and horses and trees in the background.

Yinan (Chinese: 沂南县; pinyin: Yínán Xiàn; lit. ' south') is a county in the south of Shandong province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linyi.

The population was 896,467 in 1999.[3]

Administrative divisions[]

Towns:

  • (界湖镇), (岸堤镇), (孙祖镇), (双堠镇), (青驼镇), (张庄镇), (砖埠镇), (葛沟镇), (杨家坡镇), (大庄镇), (辛集镇), (蒲汪镇), (湖头镇), (苏村镇), (铜井镇), (依汶镇)

The only township is (马牧池乡)

Notable people[]

  • Zhuge Liang (181-234 AD), inventor, and strategist under the Shu Han state during the Three Kingdoms period in China.
  • Chen Guangcheng (born 1971, in Dongshigu Village (东师古村), town), human rights defender (under unofficial house arrest in 2011-2012, his six-year-old daughter not being allowed to attend school).

References[]

  1. ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS

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