Dingzhou

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Dingzhou (定州市; pinyin: Dìngzhōu Shì, also known as Dingxian) is a city in the Hebei province of China. Dingzhou is in Baoding prefecture, about halfway between Baoding and Shijiazhuang and had a population of 131.992 in 1999. China's tallest pre-modern pagoda, the 84 m (275 ft) tall Liaodi Pagoda, is located here, built in the year 1055 during the Song Dynasty. In 1973 a tomb was excavated near Dingzhou dating to 55 BCE and containing several fragments of Chinese literary works, including an early manuscript of the Analects of Confucius.

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• http://www.dingzhou.gov.cn/

Coordinates: 38°30′47″N, 114°59′44″E