Pengzhou

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Pengzhou
—  County-level city  —
Chinese transliteration(s)
 - Characters 彭州
 - Pinyin Péngzhōu
Location of Pengzhou in Chengdu, Sichuan
Location of Pengzhou in Chengdu, Sichuan
Pengzhou (China)
Pengzhou
Pengzhou
Location in China
Coordinates (dm): 30°47′N 104°4′E / 30.783, 104.067
Country China
Province Sichuan
Prefecture Chengdu
City seat Tianpeng (天彭镇)
Area
 - Total 1,420 km² (548.3 sq mi)
Population (2003)
 - Total 780,000
 - Density 549.3/km² (1,422.7/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 611930
Area code(s) 028
Website: http://www.pengzhou.gov.cn/

Pengzhou (Chinese: 彭州; Pinyin: Péngzhōu) is a county-level city in Sichuan, China, some 36 km (22.37 mi) northwest of Chengdu and about as much west of Deyang.

It has an area of 1420 square kilometers and a population of 780,000 in 2003.[1] Like other regions around the area, Pengzhou was badly affected by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Pengzhou has 20 towns:

  • Tianpeng (天彭镇)
  • Longmenshan (龙门山镇)
  • Xinxing (新兴镇)
  • Lichun (丽春镇)
  • Jiuchi (九尺镇)
  • Mengyang (濛阳镇)
  • Tongji (通济镇)
  • Danjingshan (丹景山镇)
  • Longfeng (隆丰镇)
  • Aoping (敖平镇)
  • Cifeng (磁峰镇)
  • Guihua (桂花镇)
  • Junle (军乐镇)
  • Sanjie (三界镇)
  • Xiaoyudong (小鱼洞镇)
  • Hongyan (红岩镇)
  • Shengping (升平镇)
  • Bailu (白鹿镇)
  • Gexianshan (葛仙山镇)
  • Zhihe (致和镇)

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Chinese) Profile of Pengzhou.

[edit] External links

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