Yangyuan County

Yangyuan County is a county in Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China.

Geography

Yangyuan is bounded by Huai'an County to the north, Xuanhua County to the east, Yu County to the south, and by Datong municipality in Shanxi Province to the north and west.

Climate

History

Under the Han, Yangyuan County was part of Dai Commandery.

Administration

Yangyuan runs 5 towns (zhen, 镇) and 9 Townships of the [People's Republic of China|townships (xiang, 乡)]. The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Xicheng Town, together with the Communist [Party of China|CPC] and Public [security bureau (China)|PSB] branches.

Towns