Yuanshi County () is located in the southwest of

Hebei Province Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

North North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north ...

China, to the south of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. Yuanshi County borders

Gaoyi County Gaoyi () is a county of Hebei Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province. Administrative divisions Towns: * Gaoyi Town (), Daying Town (), Fucun Town () Townsh ...

to the south,

Zhao County Zhao County (Zhaoxian) (), a historic town called Zhaozhou () in the past, is located in the southwest of Hebei province southeast of the provincial capital Shijiazhuang, and south of Beijing. Its total land area is and total population is aroun ...

and

Luancheng District Luancheng District () is one of eight districts of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province, North China. Luancheng is a mostly rural district covering the southeast outskirts of Shijiazhuang. In 2004, some parts o ...

to the east,

Jingxing County Jingxing County () is a county of Hebei Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province. When King Mu of Zhou went hunting in the region, he described the terrain as ...

to the west and Luquan District to its north. The total area of the county is . The region is dominated by hills and valleys, with flat plains at the base of the

Taihang Mountains The Taihang Mountains () are a Chinese mountain range running down the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei provinces. The range extends over from north to south and has an average elevation of . The principal peak is ...

. The area has a semi-arid climate, marked by continental monsoons and droughts during the Spring. Yuanshi became a county during the Han Dynasty and is the birthplace of

Emperor Ming of Han Emperor Ming of Han (15June 28 – 5September 75), born and also known as and as , was the second emperor of China's Eastern Han dynasty. He was the fourth son and second crown prince of Emperor Guangwu. It was during Emperor Ming's reign t ...

, Li Mu and Li Zuoche. Yuanshi was the site of the Hebei tractor rampage.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Chengqu Subdistrict () Towns: * Huaiyang (), Nanyin (), Nanzuo (), Yincun (), Jicun (), Songcao () Townships: * Dongzhang Township (), Zhaotong Township (), Macun Township (), Beichu Township (), Suyang Township (), Sucun Township (), Beizheng Township (),

Qianxian Township Qianxian Township () is a township-level division of Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People's Republic of Chi ...

Administrative divisions

Climate

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