Xiyang County
Xiyang County is a county in the east of Shanxi province, China, bordering Hebei province to the east. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Jinzhong.- Type: City with 94,000 residents
- Description: county
- Also known as: “Hsi-yang”, “Hsi-yang Hsien”, “Hsi-yang-hsien”, “Siyang”, “Xiyang”, “乐平”, and “乐平县”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dazhai and Dazhai.
Dazhai
Village
Photo: Ran, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dazhai is a village and former commune of several hundred farmers in Xiyang County in eastern Shanxi province, chiefly known for Mao Zedong's directive, "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture", which set up Dazhai as the model for agricultural production throughout China during the 1960s and 1970s, amid the Cultural Revolution.
Xiyang County
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Jinzhong, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.6121° or 37° 36′ 43″ northLongitude
113.7006° or 113° 42′ 2″ eastPopulation
94,000Elevation
955 metres (3,133 feet)Named after
昔阳故城Open location code
8P9MJP62+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3242485190OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Xiyang County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “السِي يانغ”
- Azerbaijani: “Xiyang mahalı”
- Cebuano: “Xiyang Xian”
- Chinese: “Sek-iông-koān”
- Chinese: “Xīyáng Xiàn”
- Chinese: “昔阳”
- Chinese: “昔阳县”
- Chinese: “昔陽”
- Chinese: “昔陽縣”
- Dutch: “Xiyang”
- French: “Comte de Xiyang”
- French: “Comté de Xiyang”
- French: “xian de Xiyang”
- French: “Xian de Xiyang”
- French: “Xiyang”
- Gan Chinese: “昔阳县”
- German: “Xiyang”
- Italian: “Contea di Xiyang”
- Japanese: “Sekiyōken”
- Japanese: “せきようけん”
- Japanese: “昔陽県”
- Japanese: “沾県”
- Korean: “Seogyang-hyeon”
- Korean: “석양현”
- Korean: “시양현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sek-iông-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xiyang”
- Norwegian: “Xiyang”
- Persian: “شهرستان شییانگ”
- Russian: “Сиян”
- Swedish: “Xiyang”
- Ukrainian: “Сіян (Цзіньчжун)”
- Ukrainian: “Сіян”
- Urdu: “شیئانگ کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Tích Dương”
- Wu Chinese: “昔阳县”
- Yue Chinese: “昔陽”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 昔阳县人民政府 and 东关观音堂.
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