Pingquan
Sign in to savePingquan () is a county-level city of northeastern Hebei province, China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It has a population of 400,000 (2020 census) residing in an area of . It is a centre of trade and business, and gold and silver are mined nearby.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pingquan
- Settlement.other_name
- Pingchuan; Pingchüan
- Settlement.postal_code
- 067500
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- Postal code
- Settlement.seat
- Pingquan ()
- Settlement.seat_type
- County seat
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wolong Town, Pingquan (20220824105628).jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- ChinaChengdePingquan.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Pingquan in Chengde
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- China Hebei
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- Location of the city center in Hebei
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebei
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chengde
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Pingquan () is a county-level city of northeastern Hebei province, China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It has a population of 400,000 (2020 census) residing in an area of . It is a centre of trade and business, and gold and silver are mined nearby.
== History == thumb|left|Map including Pingquan (labeled as P'ING-CH'ÜAN (PA-KOU) ) (Army Map Service|AMS, 1951) Pingguan was formerly called Bakou (Pakow). It absorbed Chinese colonies in the neighboring Mongol land: a large portion of the Kharachin Right Wing Banner and a large part of the Kharachin Middle Banner. Both banners belonged to the Josutu League. During the Jindandao Incident of 1891, Pingquan was assaulted by Chinese religious sects. Catholic church were burnt and Chinese converts were massacred.