Juye () is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in western
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
province which is under the administration of
Heze
Heze (), formerly known as Caozhou, is the westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong province, China, bordering Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively.The total area is 12238.62 square kilo ...
municipality. The county is 1,303 square km in area and has a population of approximately 910,000.
History
Juye originally belonged to
Huxi prefecture.
Qing & Republic
Juye was the site of the "
Juye Incident
The Juye Incident (, ) refers to the killing of two German Catholic missionaries, Richard Henle and Franz Xaver Nies, of the Society of the Divine Word, in Juye County Shandong Province, China in the night of 1–2 November 1897 (All Saint ...
" on November 1, 1897. The murder of Christian missionaries was used by the
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...
as an excuse to occupy
Jiaozhou Bay
Jiaozhou Bay (; ; ) is a bay located in the prefecture-level city of Qingdao (Tsingtau), Shandong Province, China.
The bay has historically been romanized as Kiaochow, Kiauchau or Kiao-Chau in English and Kiautschou in German.
Geography ...
.
Liberation
From 1949 to 1952 Huxi prefecture (Juye and the other county-level parts) was under the provincial administration of
Pingyuan.
In April 1953 Huxi was dismantled and its parts shared out. Juye then came into its present municipal region of Heze.
Administrative divisions
, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts and 15 towns.
;Subdistricts
* Fenghuang Subdistrict ()
* Yongfeng Subdistrict ()
;Towns
Climate
References
External links
Juye Online(Chinese)
Juye Merchant Network(Chinese)
Counties of Shandong
Heze
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