Pingxiang County, which belongs to Xingtai City, Hebei Province, is located in the middle of Xingtai City and the south of North China Plain, with a total area of 406 square kilometers. By the end of 2002 1, there were 4 towns and 2 townships1street. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 in June 2020, the resident population of Pingxiang County was 323,675.
Pingxiang County belongs to Jizhou in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Pingxiang County was called Zhou. In the 16th year of Emperor Wendi (164), Nan Zhou was changed to Taoxian County. In the first year of Wei Jingchu (237), Tao Tao County was changed to Pingxiang County, and the county name began. Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu Dynasty, led his troops to defeat Qin Jun's main force, leaving behind historical allusions such as "cross the rubicon", "stand by" and "take one as a hundred". Pingxiang County is the hometown of Zhang Jiao, where the Yellow Scarf Uprising was launched.
Geographical environment and traffic
Pingxiang county belongs to loess landform, with an altitude of 150-763 meters, with an average altitude of about 436 meters, and an average altitude of about 300 meters in agricultural areas. Pingxiang County has abundant sunshine, distinct four seasons and pleasant environment, which belongs to temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate, with annual average temperature 18.20℃, frost-free period of 200 days and annual average precipitation of 5 10/0mm.
The township is 40 kilometers east of Beijing-Kowloon Railway and 40 kilometers west of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The Han-Huang railway under construction passes through the territory; 106 national highway and daguang expressway, 20km; 40km from Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway and National Highway107; Xinglin Expressway, Xingqing and Xinglin provincial highways run through the east and west, and Ding Wei Highway runs through the north and south. 1 hour to Handan airport, 2 hours to Shijiazhuang and Jinan airports. Beijing Airport, Zhengzhou Airport, Tianjin Port, Qingdao Port and Huanghua Port are all within the 4-hour traffic circle.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Pingxiang County