Pengze County

Pengze County (simplified Chinese: 彭泽县; traditional Chinese: 彭澤縣; pinyin: Péngzé Xiàn) is a county in the north of Jiangxi Province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze. The northernmost county-level division of the province, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.

Pengze County

彭泽县
Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi
Coordinates (Longcheng government): 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJiujiang
Area
  Total1,544 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total364,800
  Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
332700

Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)

Pengze. Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

Administrative divisions

Pengze County has 10 towns and 3 townships.[1]

10 towns
  • Longcheng (龙城镇)
  • Mianchuan (棉船镇)
  • Madang (马垱镇)
  • Furongdun (芙蓉墩镇)
  • Dingshan (定山镇)
  • Tianhong (天红镇)
  • Yangzi (杨椊镇)
  • Dongsheng (东升镇)
  • Langxi (浪溪镇)
  • Huanghua (黄花镇)
3 townships
  • Taipingguan (太平关乡)
  • Huangling (黄岭乡)
  • Haoshan (浩山乡)

Transport

Pengze is served by the Tongling–Jiujiang Railway.

Climate

References

  1. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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