Pidu District formerly known as Pi County or Pixian is one of 11 urban districts of the

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, the capital of

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. It was approved from the former Pi County by the State Council on November 24, 2016. An urbanizing

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organized as part of

, the capital of the

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, China. It presently covers an area of , with a total population of 756,047 during the 2010 census. It was formerly known as the source of the best

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in Sichuan and is now well known for its ''

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'', a type of spicy fermented bean sauce.

Geography

Pitong, the seat of Pidu, is located from downtown

. It covers an area of .

History

During the

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, the area of the present Pidu belonged to the

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of Shu. In 314BC, it was conquered by Qin, which organized Pi County two years later in 312BC. In the 19th century, the area was famed for the quality of its

, reckoned the best in

. It is now seeking to attract electronics and IT corporations and, in 2015, applied for elevation to urban district status.

Administration

The district seat is Pitong (). There are 13 other towns in the district: * Xipu (犀浦镇) * Hongguang (红光镇) * Anjing (安靖镇) * Tuanjie (团结镇) * Tangchang (唐昌镇) * Sandaoyan (三道堰) * Xinminchang (新民场) * Huayuan (花园镇) * Ande (安德镇) * Tangyuan (唐元镇) * Deyuan (德源镇) * Gucheng (古城镇) * You`ai (友爱镇)

Transport

China National Highway 317 China National Highway 317 (G317) runs broadly west to east from Chengdu, Sichuan to Gar County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. It is 2,028 kilometres in length and forms an important transportation route in Tibet. As of 2017, Highway 317 passes throu ...

China National Highway 213 China National Highway 213 (G213) runs from Ceke, Inner Mongolia, to Mohan, on the border with Laos, in Yunnan. It is in length and runs via Chengdu, Sichuan and Kunming, Yunnan. Before the 2013 Highway Planning, the route started in Lanzhou, ...

Climate

Notes

References

External links

Pidu Government official website
on

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