- Xuchang
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area_code =374
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blank_info = ¥8,153 per capita (2002)
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website =http://www.xuchang.gov.cn/
footnotes = Xuchang (zh-stp|s=许昌|t=許昌|p=Xǔchāng) is aprefecture-level city in centralHenan province,People's Republic of China . It borders the provincial capital ofZhengzhou to the northwest,Kaifeng to the northeast,Zhoukou to the east,Luohe to the southeast, andPingdingshan to the southwest.Administration
The
prefecture-level city of Xuchang administers 1 district, 2 county-level cities and 3 counties.*
Weidu District (魏都区)
*Yuzhou City (禹州市)
*Chang'ge City (长葛市)
*Xuchang County (许昌县)
*Yanling County (鄢陵县)
*Xiangcheng County (襄城县)History
According to tradition, the city was named after Xu, an ancient state led by tribal leader Xuyou during the
Spring and Autumn Period of theZhou Dynasty . In ancient times, the city occupied a strategic location in central China.Xuchang served as the warlord
Cao Cao 's de facto capital during theThree Kingdoms Period . After finding theHan Dynasty capitalLuoyang ravaged by war, Cao moved the imperial court and the emperor to what is now Xuchang in196 .In 220, Cao Cao's son and successor
Cao Pi officially declared the city as the capital of the newly-established state of Wei. The city was renamed "Xuchang", meaning "Xu Rising". The Wei emperors held court at Xuchang until the capital was moved to Luoyang in the 220s.In 2008, a skull (probably "
Homo erectus ") dating from 80,000 to 100,000 years old was found in Xuchang. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jXLbeGgVo2dYbkxDNqPiTH64X_zw]Agriculture and industry
Xuchang is an important center of the Chinese
tobacco industry. However, due to economic reasons many farmers have chosen not to plant tobacco anymore.Tourism
Famous tourist attractions include Baling Bridge and Chunqiu Tower.
ister city
On
18 December ,2006 , theOromia Region government inEthiopia signed an agreement with Henan Province to establish a sister city program with Ambo. [ [http://oromiagov.org/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=286 "Oromia State Regional Government and the delegation of Henan Province sign an agreement on the Establishment of Friendship City Relationship"] (Oromia State government website)]Notes
External links
* [http://www.xuchang.gov.cn/ Government website of Xuchang] (in Simplified Chinese)
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