Yinan County
A rubbing of a Chinese Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD) pictorial stone (i.e. the Yinan stone carving of Shandong province, China) showing an ancestral worship hall (citang 祠堂) with closed doors, a person outside making a sacrificial offering to his ancestors, and horses and trees in the background.
Yinan (沂南县; pinyin: Yínán Xiàn) is a county of Linyi in the Chinese province of Shandong.
The population was 896,467 in 1999.[1]
Administrative divisions
- Jiehu (界湖镇), Andi (岸堤镇), Sunzu (孙祖镇), Shuanghou (双堠镇), Qingtuo (青驼镇), Zhangzhuang (张庄镇), Zhuanbu (砖埠镇), Gegou (葛沟镇), Yangjiapo (杨家坡镇), Dazhuang (大庄镇), Xinji (辛集镇), Puwang (蒲汪镇), Hutou (湖头镇), Sucun (苏村镇), Tongjing (铜井镇), Yiwen (依汶镇)
The only township is Mamuchi Township (马牧池乡)
Notable people
- Zhuge Liang (181-234 AD), inventor, and strategist under the Shu Han state during the Three Kingdoms period in China.
- Chen Guangcheng (born 1971, in Dongshigu Village (东师古村), Shuanghou town), human rights defender (under unofficial house arrest in 2011-2012, his six-year-old daughter not being allowed to attend school).
References
- ↑ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
External links
Coordinates: 35°32′57″N 118°28′01″E / 35.54917°N 118.46694°E
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