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Qu County

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Country
  
China

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
2,013 km²

Prefecture-level city
  
Dazhou

Postal code
  
635200

Province
  
Sichuan

Qu County

Qu County or Quxian (Chinese: 渠县; pinyin: Qú Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Dazhou city.

Contents

Map of Quxian, Dazhou, Sichuan, China

History

Formerly known as Dangqu (宕渠), the county is best known for historic monuments. Namely, a partially preserved mausoleum complex, featuring gate towers, or que, belonging to the Shen (沈) family, which date back to the Han Dynasty.

References

Qu County Wikipedia