Shuocheng
朔城区 | |
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Coordinates (Shuocheng District government): 39°19′11″N 112°25′55″E / 39.3198°N 112.432°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Shuozhou |
Area | |
• Total | 1,768 km2 (683 sq mi) |
Population (2020
[1]) | 565,075 |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Shuocheng District | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 朔城区 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 朔城區 | ||||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||
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Mayi County | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬邑 縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马邑 县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Horse Town County | ||||||||
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Yinguan County | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陰館 縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阴馆 县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Shady Office(s)
County Yin Office(s) County | ||||||||
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Yanmen Commandery | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese |
雁門
郡 鴈門 郡 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 雁门 郡 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Yanmen Pass Commandery | ||||||||
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Shuocheng District, formerly Shuo County, is the main urban district of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou in Shanxi province, China.
Shuocheng is the site of the ancient Chinese frontier post of Mayi and its territory was previously organized as the Mayi County of Yanmen Commandery.
Yinguan, [2] in present-day Shuocheng District's Xiaguancheng Village ( 夏关城 村; Xiàguānchéng Cūn), [3] was the seat of another county and of all of Yanmen Commandery during the Eastern Han. [2] The post was moved to Guangwu near present-day Daixian under the Kingdom of Wei. [2]
Shuocheng
朔城区 | |
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Coordinates (Shuocheng District government): 39°19′11″N 112°25′55″E / 39.3198°N 112.432°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Shuozhou |
Area | |
• Total | 1,768 km2 (683 sq mi) |
Population (2020
[1]) | 565,075 |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Shuocheng District | |||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 朔城区 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 朔城區 | ||||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||
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Mayi County | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬邑 縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 马邑 县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Horse Town County | ||||||||
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Yinguan County | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陰館 縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阴馆 县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Shady Office(s)
County Yin Office(s) County | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Yanmen Commandery | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese |
雁門
郡 鴈門 郡 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 雁门 郡 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Yanmen Pass Commandery | ||||||||
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Shuocheng District, formerly Shuo County, is the main urban district of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou in Shanxi province, China.
Shuocheng is the site of the ancient Chinese frontier post of Mayi and its territory was previously organized as the Mayi County of Yanmen Commandery.
Yinguan, [2] in present-day Shuocheng District's Xiaguancheng Village ( 夏关城 村; Xiàguānchéng Cūn), [3] was the seat of another county and of all of Yanmen Commandery during the Eastern Han. [2] The post was moved to Guangwu near present-day Daixian under the Kingdom of Wei. [2]