Peng, or Pengzhen (), is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of

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Province, China. It is located west of central Shuangliu, 12 km west of

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, west of Chengdu's city government center (), and southwest of Tianfu Square (), Chengdu's traditional

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. The town spans an area of , and has a population of 49,935, as of 2017.

History

The ancient name of Pengzhen was Yongfengchang (). It was built in the

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period of the

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. It was destroyed by Bingxian () in the early

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and rebuilt in the 28th year of

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(1763). Because a branch of the Danleng

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Duanshu () family migrated here, it was named Pengjiachang (). After the

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came to power in 1949, Pengjia Town of the Third District () was established. In 1953, Pengjia Town () was divided into Pengzhen and Pengzhen Township (). In 1958, Pengzhen’s organizational structure was dissolved, and Pengzhen Township, Ca'er Township (), Hongshi Township () and Ganzi Township () were merged to form the Dongfeng People’s Commune (). Pengzhen Township was re-established in 1983. The name reverted to Pengzhen in 1984. In 1992, Pengzhen and Ganzi Township merged, and the merged township is still named Pengzhen. In December 2019, the town of Jinqiao (金桥镇) was dissolved and its administrative area was placed under the jurisdiction of Pengzhen.

Government

The Pengzhen People's Government

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is located at No. 70, Section 3, Jiaotong Road ().

Administrative divisions

Peng is divided into sixteen residential communities and six administrative villages. The town's sixteen residential communities are: * Pengjiachang Residential Community () * Randeng Residential Community () * Yangping Residential Community () * Guangrong Residential Community () * Jinwan Residential Community () * Qiyang Residential Community () * Ganzi Residential Community () *Xingfu Residential Community () *Muxi Residential Community () *Hongshi Residential Community () *Kunshan Residential Community () *Xin'an Residential Community () *Lianyu Residential Community () *Heshui Residential Community () *Bushi Residential Community () *Jinqiao Residential Community () The town's six administrative villages are: * Minjiang Village () * Yonghe Village () * Jinma Village () * Jinhe Village () * Linjiang Village () * Zhoudu Village ()

In popular culture

Peng, including the Peng Old

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(), was used as a principal

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in the 2020

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film "Interloper" ().

References

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