Shangcai County () is a county in the south 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. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ...
of
Zhumadian
Zhumadian ( zh, s= , t= , p=Zhùmǎdiàn; Postal romanization, postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province of China, province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang, Henan, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to ...
.
In 2016 over 100 people were charged for a phone scam involving impersonating military personnel, with 'almost all of them holding a ''
hukou
''Hukou'' ( zh, c=户口, l=household individual) is a system of household registration used in the People's Republic of China. The system itself is more properly called ''huji'' ( zh, c=户籍, l=household origin), and has origins in Histo ...
'' from Shangcai County in Henan Province.' This led to increased
anti-Henan sentiment
In the 20th and 21st century, in Mainland China, there has been discrimination against people from Henan, seen in the widespread negative stereotyping and Discrimination, discriminatory attitudes towards the people and province of Henan, China. Th ...
.
Administrative divisions
, this county is divided to 4 subdistricts, 12 towns and 10 townships.
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;Towns
;Townships
Climate
See also
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Cai (state)
Cai (; Old Chinese: *s.r̥ˤat-s) was an ancient Chinese state established at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, rising to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period, and destroyed early in the Warring States period.
History
Following ...
, an ancient state in that area
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Plasma Economy
Plasma Economy () was a 1991–1995 plasmapheresis campaign by the Henan provincial government in China, in which blood plasma was extracted in exchange for money. The campaign attracted 3 million donors, most of whom lived in rural China, and i ...
, blood donation scandal centered on Shangcai County
References
County-level divisions of Henan
Zhumadian
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