Pingyu County () is a county of
Henan
Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...
province,
China, bordering
Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
province to the east. It is under the administration of
Zhumadian
Zhumadian (; postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to the northwest, Luohe to the north, Zhoukou to the northeast, and the province of An ...
city.
Notable people
It is the hometown of the following people:
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Chen Fan
Chen Fan (90s- 25 October 168), courtesy name Zhongju (), was a Chinese politician of the Eastern Han dynasty. A native of Pingyu, Runan (north of present-day Pingyu County, Henan), Chen served as Grand Commandant () during the reign of Empe ...
and
Xi Zhong Xi Zhong (Chinese language, Chinese: ) was a legendary Xia dynasty minister claimed to have served Yu the Great
credited in traditional Chinese sources with the invention of the Chinese chariot, chariot during the 2nd millennium BC. Modern arch ...
, who were famous Chinese historical persons
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Chen Quanguo
Chen Quanguo (; born November 1955) is a retiring Chinese politician and the current deputy head of the CCP Central Rural Work Leading Group. Between 2017 and 2022, he was a member of the 19th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and was pre ...
, the
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
Politburo member
Pingyu County is also the birthplace of the
Chinese surnames
Shěn and
Ran
Ran, RaN and ran may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Ran'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
* "Ran" (song), a 2013 Japanese song by Luna Sea
* '' Ran Online'', a 2004 MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game)
* ...
.
Administrative divisions
As 2017, this county is divided to 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 5 townships.
;Subdistricts
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Guhuai Subdistrict ()
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Qinghe Subdistrict ()
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Donghuang Subdistrict ()
;Towns
;Townships
Climate
References
County-level divisions of Henan
Zhumadian
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