Pengzhou

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subdivision_name2 = Chengdu
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seat = Tianpeng (天彭镇)
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postal_code = 611930
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website = http://www.pengzhou.gov.cn/
footnotes = Pengzhou (Chinese: 彭州; Pinyin: Péngzhōu) is a county-level city in Sichuan, China, some 36 km (22.37 mi) northwest of Chengdu and about as much west of Deyang.

It has an area of 1420 square kilometers and a population of 780,000 in 2003. [zh [http://www.xzqh.org/QUHUA/51sc/0182pz.htm Profile of Pengzhou] .] Like other regions around the area, Pengzhou was badly affected by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.

Administrative divisions

Pengzhou has 20 towns:

*Tianpeng (天彭镇)
*Longmenshan (龙门山镇)
*Xinxing (新兴镇)
*Lichun (丽春镇)
*Jiuchi (九尺镇)
*Mengyang (濛阳镇)
*Tongji (通济镇)
*Danjingshan (丹景山镇)
*Longfeng (隆丰镇)
*Aoping (敖平镇)
*Cifeng (磁峰镇)
*Guihua (桂花镇)
*Junle (军乐镇)
*Sanjie (三界镇)
*Xiaoyudong (小鱼洞镇)
*Hongyan (红岩镇)
*Shengping (升平镇)
*Bailu (白鹿镇)
*Gexianshan (葛仙山镇)
*Zhihe (致和镇)

History

Pengzhou area is believed to have been habituated since Western Zhou. Empress dowager Wu Zetian first set up Pengzhou in 686 AD (Tang Dynasty). In 1337 AD, Hongwu Emperor (Ming Dynasty) reduced Pengzhou to Pengxian, or Peng County (Chinese: 彭县; Pinyin: Péngxiàn). Peng County later became Pengzhou City in 1993 (People's Republic of China). [zh [http://www.china.com.cn/aboutchina/zhuanti/scdzzq/2008-05/17/content_15289222.htm 牡丹花城市——彭州市] ]

As of late, Pengzhou is still occasionally referred to as Pengxian, or Peng County, even in official publications.cite news | title=2008年5月12日四川汶川8.0级地震4级以上余震目录 |date=2008-6-21 06:00:00 |publisher=中国地震信息网 | url=http://www.csi.ac.cn/sichuan/index080512001.htm |accessdate=2008-06-21 |language=Chinese ]

References

External links

* [http://www.pengzhou.gov.cn/ Official website of Pengzhou Government]