Pinghe County


Pinghe County is a county of the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in southern Fujian province, PRC, bordering Guangdong province to the west.

Administrative Division

The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi.

Towns (镇, ''zhen'')

Most of Pinghe's old People's communes, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. There are ten towns:
  • Xiaoxi
  • Wenfeng
  • Shange
  • Nansheng
  • Banzai
  • Anhou
  • Daxi
  • Jiufeng
  • Xiazhai
  • Luxi

    Townships (乡, ''xiang'')

There are five townships:
  • Wuzhai
  • Guoqiang
  • Qiling
  • Changle
  • Xiufeng

    Climate

Economy

Pinghe County is famous for its pomelos.

Tulou

Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part. One of them, the Xishuang Lou, located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular in existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.

Notable people