Dachang Hui Autonomous County (;

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: ) is a Hui

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province. It is under the administration of

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, and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was subjected to slaughter by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Together with Sanhe City, and Xianghe County, it forms the , an

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province surrounded by the municipalities of

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and

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, and itself borders Beijing to the west. A Dachang Hui Imam, Ma Zhenwu, wrote a Qur'an translation into Chinese including Chinese characters and

. The county spans an area of , and has a population of about 171,366 people as of 2020.

Administrative divisions

The county administers one

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and five

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. The county also administers the Hebei Dachang High-tech Industrial Development Zone, which serves as a

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. These township-level divisions then administer 16 residential communities, and 105 administrative villages. Dachang's sole subdistrict is . Dachang's five towns are , , , Shaofu, and Chenfu.

Geography

The county is bounded by the Chaobai River, across from which is Tongzhou District in

. Dachang's county center lies from

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, and from the center of

. 34.2% of the county is forested.

Climate

Demographics

As of 2019, Dachang is home to about 27,400

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, comprising approximately 20.45% of the county's population.

Economy

As of 2019, Dachang's

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totaled ¥16.48 billion. The county's urban residents have an annual per capita

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of ¥45,044, and the county's rural residents have an annual per capita disposable income of ¥18,418.

Transportation

A number of expressways pass through the county, including the Jingping Expressway, the Jingqin Expressway, the Beijing–Harbin Expressway, and the G95 Capital Area Loop Expressway. Five passenger bus lines link Dachang to

. The

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is planned to run through the county, but is still under construction as of 2021.

References

External links

Dachang Hui Autonomous County government website
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