Yu County

Yu County, also known by its Chinese name Yuxian, is a county in the east of , China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of and occupies its northern majority.
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  • Type: City with 85,000 residents
  • Description: county in Yangquan, Shanxi
  • Also known as: “Yu County, Shanxi”, “Yü Hsien”, “Yu Xian”, “Yu-hsien”, “Yuhsie”, “Yuxian”, “Yuysyan‘”, and “盂”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yangquanbei.

Railway station
Photo: 1969社论, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yangquan North railway station is a railway station on the Shitai Passenger Railway, in Yu County, , Province, People's Republic of China.

Yu County

Latitude
38.0848° or 38° 5′ 5″ north
Longitude
113.4054° or 113° 24′ 19″ east
Population
85,000
Elevation
944 metres (3,097 feet)
Named after
因县城四周高，中间低，其状如盂而得名
Open location code
8PCM3CM4+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3225938382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1785568
Wiki­data ID
Q1197328
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Yu County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yu Xian (gatos sa Republikang Popular sa Tsina)”
  • Cebuano: “Yu Xian”
  • Chinese: “Û-koān”
  • Chinese: “盂县”
  • Chinese: “盂縣”
  • Dutch: “Yu”
  • French: “Comte de Yu”
  • French: “Comté de yu”
  • French: “xian de Yu”
  • French: “Xian de Yu”
  • French: “Yu Xian”
  • Gan Chinese: “盂县”
  • German: “Yu (Yangquan)”
  • German: “Yu”
  • Italian: “Contea di Yu”
  • Japanese: “原仇県”
  • Japanese: “盂県”
  • Korean: “위현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Û-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yu”
  • Norwegian: “Yu (Yangquan)”
  • Persian: “شهرستان یو”
  • Russian: “Юйсянь”
  • Spanish: “Yu (Yangquan)”
  • Spanish: “Yu”
  • Swedish: “Yu Xian”
  • Swedish: “Yu, Yangquan”
  • Urdu: “یو کاؤنٹی، شنسی”
  • Urdu: “یو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Vu”
  • Vietnamese: “Vu huyện”
  • Vietnamese: “Vu, Dương Tuyền”
  • Vietnamese: “Vu”
  • Wu Chinese: “盂县”
  • Yue Chinese: “盂縣”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 盂县人民政府 and Main Hall of Xiguan Sansheng Temple.

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