Juye County

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Juye County
—  County  —
Chinese transliteration(s)
 - Simplified 巨野县
 - Traditional 巨野縣
 - Pinyin Jùyě Xiàn
Coordinates: 35°23′N 116°05′E / 35.383, 116.083
Country China
Province Shandong
Prefecture Heze
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Juye is a county in western Shandong province which is under the administration of Heze city. The county is 1,303 square km in area and has a population of approximately 910,000. Juye was the site of the so-called "Juye incident" on November 1, 1897, which provided the German government an excuse to occupy Jiaozhou Bay.

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