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Qi County, Kaifeng

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County seat
  
Chengguan (城关镇)

Postal code
  
475200

Area
  
1,243 km²

Province
  
Henan

Prefecture
  
Kaifeng

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Website
  
zgqx.gov.cn

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:54 AM

Area code
  
0378

Qi County, Kaifeng

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 88% Humidity

Qi County or Qixian (Chinese: 杞县; pinyin: Qǐ Xiàn) is a county of Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China, with an area of 1243 square km and a population of 1.05 million.

Contents

Map of Qixian, Kaifeng, Henan, China

History

From Shang to Western Zhou, Qi County was the place of the State of Qi. In Qin Dynasty, Qi was named as Yongqiu (Chinese: 雍丘). It was the site of the Battle of Yongqiu in 756. In Song Dynasty, Yongqiu was renamed to Qi. Cai Wenji, a Han Dynasty poet and composer,was born shortly before 178 in Yu Prefecture (圉縣), Chenliu Commandery (陳留), in what is now Qi County, Kaifeng, Henan.

Administrative divisions

Qi County has 8 towns and 13 townships.

  • Towns: Chengguan (城关镇), Wulihe (五里河镇), Fuji (付集镇), Yuzhen (于镇镇), Gaoyang (高阳镇), Gegang (葛岗镇), Yanggu (阳固镇), Xingkou (邢口镇)
  • Townships: Peicundian (裴村店乡), Zongdian (宗店乡), Banmu (板木乡), Zhulin (竹林乡), Guanzhuang (官庄乡), Hugang (湖岗乡), Sumu (苏木乡), Shahuo (沙活乡), Pingcheng (平城乡), Nigou (泥沟乡), Peiyuan (柿元乡), XIzhai (西寨乡), Chengjiao (城郊乡)

    • Notable people

  • Cai Yong (132—192), musician and calligrapher of Han Dynasty.
  • Cai Wenji (177--?), poet and composer of Han Dynasty, Cai Yong's daughter.
  • Mu Qing (1921—2003), journalist, author and photographer.

    • References

    Qi County, Kaifeng Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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