Bazhong is a
prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefecture-level cities form the second level of the administrative structure...
in north-eastern
Sichuan' is a province in Southwestern China with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, 四川 , is an abbreviation of 四川路 , or "Four circuits of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from 川峡四路 , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the...
province.
Bazhong borders
Shaanxi' is a province in the Northwest China region of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.-Romanization and Name:By regular Hanyu Pinyin rules, if...
province in the north and
DazhouDazhou is a prefecture-level city in north-eastern Sichuan province.-Geography:Dazhou borders Shaanxi in the north and Chongqing in the south. It is centrally located between the four major cities of Western China, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an and Wuhan...
City in the south. Its area is 12,301 km². The area is mountainous with elevations ranging from 208 to 2,507 meters above sea-level.
Bazhong was made a city in 1993. Its history, however, goes make much further. During the
XiaThe Xia Dynasty of China is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals. The Xia Dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great after Shun gave his throne to him...
and
ShangThe Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia Dynasty. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley...
Dynasties, it was purportedly a vassal territory of the Liang State.
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Bazhong is a
prefecture-level cityA prefecture-level city or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefecture-level cities form the second level of the administrative structure...
in north-eastern
Sichuan' is a province in Southwestern China with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, 四川 , is an abbreviation of 四川路 , or "Four circuits of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from 川峡四路 , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the...
province.
Geography
Bazhong borders
Shaanxi' is a province in the Northwest China region of the People's Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of the province.-Romanization and Name:By regular Hanyu Pinyin rules, if...
province in the north and
DazhouDazhou is a prefecture-level city in north-eastern Sichuan province.-Geography:Dazhou borders Shaanxi in the north and Chongqing in the south. It is centrally located between the four major cities of Western China, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an and Wuhan...
City in the south. Its area is 12,301 km². The area is mountainous with elevations ranging from 208 to 2,507 meters above sea-level.
History
Bazhong was made a city in 1993. Its history, however, goes make much further. During the
XiaThe Xia Dynasty of China is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals. The Xia Dynasty was established by the legendary Yu the Great after Shun gave his throne to him...
and
ShangThe Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia Dynasty. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley...
Dynasties, it was purportedly a vassal territory of the Liang State. In the
Spring and Autumn PeriodThe Spring and Autumn Period was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds to the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty...
, it was called Bazi (巴子). In the
QinThe Qin Dynasty was the ruling Chinese dynasty between 221 and 206 BC. The Qin state was named because the people of is homeland were called the qin. The Qin's strength had been consolidated by Lord Shang Yang during the Warring States Period, in the 4th century BC...
and Western Han dynasties it was called Ba County (巴郡). In the Eastern Han Dynasty around the year 100 AD it was changed to Hanchang County (汉昌县). One hundred years later it reverted to Baxi County (巴西). Since then, it has usually either been called Liang County (梁郡) or Yi County (益州).
Administration
Bazhong has 1 city, 3 counties, 250 township, and 2,355 villages. The population is 3,561,000 with 455,000 of that urban.
City District:
- Bazhou District
Bazhou District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Bazhong city.-External links:*...
(巴州区)
Counties:
- Tongjiang County
Tongjiang County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Bazhong city....
(通江县)
- Nanjiang County
Nanjiang County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Bazhong city....
(南江县)
- Pingchang County
Pingchang County is a county in Bazhong, in north-eastern Sichuan province. Its area is 2227 km². The population is 930,000.-Administration:Pingchang has 16 towns and 11 villages....
(平昌县)