Pingyang County

Pingyang County (simplified Chinese: 平阳县; traditional Chinese: 平陽縣; pinyin: Píngyáng Xiàn, Wenzhounese:ben yi) is a county in the prefecture-level city of Wenzhou, located along the southern coast of Zhejiang province, China. There are two main cities with many surrounding villages in Pingyang. The two main settlements are called AoJiang and KunYang (KunYang is commonly called PingYang, however PingYang is also the name of the county). AoJiang is located ten minutes outside of KunYang and the various villages and area's that are also classified as part of Pingyang county extend for about a 1-hour radius.

Pingyang

平阳县
Pingyang
Location of the seat in Zhejiang
Coordinates: 27°39′43″N 120°33′57″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceZhejiang
Prefecture-level cityWenzhou
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Administrative divisions

Towns:[1]

  • Kunyang (昆阳镇), Aojiang (鳌江镇), Shuitou (水头镇), Xiaojiang (萧江镇), Tengjiao (腾蛟镇), Wanquan (万全镇), Mabu (麻步镇), Shunxi (顺溪镇), Shanmen (山门镇), Nanya (南雁镇)

The only township is Qingjie She Ethnic Township (青街畲族乡)

References

  1. "温州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.


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