| Dingzhou 定州 |
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| 定州市 | |
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Dingzhou
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Baoding |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 1,274 km2 (491.9 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 58 m (189 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • County-level city | 1,200,000 |
| • Density | 941.9/km2 (2,439.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 216,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 073000 |
| Area code(s) | 0312 |
| License Plate Prefix | 冀F |
| Website | http://www.dingzhou.gov.cn/ |
Dingzhou (Chinese: 定州; pinyin: Dìngzhōu, formerly Ding County (simplified Chinese: 定县; traditional Chinese: 定縣; pinyin: Dìng Xiàn) is a county-level city in the southwest of Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Dingzhou is administered under Baoding City, about halfway between Baoding and Shijiazhuang and had population of 1,200,000 in 2009. Dingzhou has 3 subdistricts, 13 towns, 8 townships, and 1 autonomous township.[1] Dingzhou is 196 kilometres (122 mi) southwest of Beijing, 68 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of Shijiazhuang.
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China's tallest pre-modern pagoda, the 84 metres (276 ft) tall Liaodi Pagoda, is located here, built in the year 1055 during the Song Dynasty. In 1973 a tomb was excavated about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of Dingzhou dating to 55 BCE and containing several fragments of Chinese literary works, including an early manuscript of the Analects of Confucius and a manuscript of a Daoist work known as Wenzi.
From 1926 to 1937, the county was the site of the National Association of Mass Education Movement's Ting Hsien Experiment of the Rural Reconstruction Movement. In the 1990s the New Rural Reconstruction Movement maintained a training and outreach center.
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Dingzhou is one of the transportation hubs in North China.
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