Pingyao county
Pingyao County, which belongs to Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, is located in the middle of Shanxi Province, southwest of Taiyuan Basin, north of Taiyue Mountain, middle of Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, east longitude1156' ~1233', and north latitude 3656' ~. It is adjacent to Qixian County in the east, Fenyang County in the west, Qinyuan County in the south, Wenshui County in the north, Jiexiu City in the southwest and Wuxiang County and Qinxian County in the southeast. It is the embryonic form of ancient county towns in China in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Pingyao ancient city has a history of more than 2700 years. It is a national historical and cultural city and a world cultural heritage. "? Huitong world? Rishengchang Bank is known as "the originator of China Modern Bank". Shuanglin Temple is praised by experts as "the treasure house of oriental colored plastic art". The Ten Thousand Buddha Hall of Zhenguo Temple is one of the earliest and most precious wooden structures in China. On August 1949 and 10, Pingyao City was revoked and Chengguan District of Pingyao County was restored. In 2000, Jinzhong withdrew its land and set up a city. In June 5438+10, the administrative office of Jinzhong District was changed to Jinzhong Municipal People's Government, and Pingyao County was subordinate to Jinzhong City.
Pingyao County has a temperate continental semi-arid monsoon climate with a land area of 1.26 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5 1.67 million (at the end of 20 15). It governs 5 towns, 9 townships, 3 sub-district offices and 273 administrative villages.