Ruzhou () is a

county-level city A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local or ...

in the west-central part of

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, and is under the administration of

Pingdingshan Pingdingshan ( zh, s=平顶山, t=平頂山, p=Píngdǐngshān), also known as Eagle City ( zh, s=鹰城, p=Yīngchéng, t=鷹城), is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census who ...

. It was called Linru County () until 1988. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The Fengxue Temple of Ruzhou features the Qizu Pagoda, built in 738 during the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

(618–907). The town is best well known for the porcelain made during the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

period.

History

2004 stabbing

Yan Yanming This is a list of mass stabbings that took place before 2010. It includes incidents in which there were at least three casualties (killed or injured). 1930s RMS ''Empress of Canada'' (1931) At approximately 9:30 a.m. (UTC+09:00) on 5 J ...

murdered nine students at

Ruzhou No. 2 High School Ruzhou No. 2 High School () is a senior high school in Ruzhou, Pingdingshan, Henan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, i ...

in 2004.

Administrative divisions

As of 2012, this city is divided to 5 subdistricts, 4 towns and 11 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships

Climate

Education

Ruzhou Wangzhai Country Shangzhai Primary School

Transportation

China National Highway 207 China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Ulanhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong. Route and distance ...

References

Cities in Henan County-level divisions of Henan Pingdingshan National Civilized City Long stubs with short prose {{Henan-geo-stub