Dachang Hui Autonomous County

Dachang County
大厂县
دَاچْا
Autonomous county
大厂回族自治县

Dachang Hui Autonomous County
دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا

Dachang

Location in Hebei

Coordinates: 39°53′N 116°59′E / 39.883°N 116.983°E / 39.883; 116.983
Country People's Republic of China
Province Hebei
Prefecture-level city Langfang
County seat Dachang Town (大厂镇)
Area
  Total 176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Elevation 20 m (66 ft)
Population (2008)
  Total 117,000
  Density 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 065300
Area code(s) 0316
Website http://www.lfdc.gov.cn/

Dachang Hui Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大厂回族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大廠回族自治縣; pinyin: Dàchǎng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is a Hui autonomous county of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city, and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was subjected to slaughter by the Japanese.[1]

Together with Sanhe City, and Xianghe County, it forms the Sanhe Exclave, an exclave of Hebei province surrounded by the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, and itself borders Beijing to the west.

Administrative divisions

The county administers 3 towns and 2 townships,[2] which are further divided into a total of 105 village-level divisions.

Towns:

Townships:

References

  1. CHINA HERITAGE NEWSLETTER. China Heritage Project, The Australian National University (5). March 2006. ISSN 1833-8461 http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/scholarship.php?searchterm=005_dachang.inc&issue=005. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:大厂回族自治县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-20.


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