Shunping County is a rural
county
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in the west-central part of
Hebei
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province, China.
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During the Republican era, many of Chi ...
of Baoding and lies to the west of its urban core.
History
Under the Han, Shunping was known as Quni.[.] It was a base for Chen Xi's general Wang Huang ( t s ''Wáng Huáng'') in his short-lived rebellion and the site of the defeat and executions of Wang and Hou Chang ( ''Hóu Chǎng'') by Guan Ying and other imperial forces in 196BC.
It was renamed Shunping under Wang Mang
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's short-lived Xin Dynasty
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.
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Geography of Baoding
County-level divisions of Hebei
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