North China
Shanxi
Luliang

Wenshui County

Wenshui County is a county in the west-central part of Shanxi Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of . This county was the ancestral home of Wu Zetian, the only empress in Chinese history.
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  • Type: City with 147,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Wen-shui Hsien” and “Wenshui”

Wenshui County

Latitude
37.4322° or 37° 25′ 56″ north
Longitude
112.0305° or 112° 1′ 50″ east
Population
147,000
Elevation
837 metres (2,746 feet)
Open location code
8P9JC2JJ+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081907
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1791419
Wiki­data ID
Q1197430
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Wenshui County” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wenshui Xian”
  • Chinese: “Bûn-súi-koān”
  • Chinese: “文水”
  • Chinese: “文水县”
  • Chinese: “文水縣”
  • Dutch: “Wenshui”
  • French: “Comte de Wenshui”
  • French: “Comté de Wenshui”
  • French: “Wenshui”
  • French: “xian de Wenshui”
  • French: “Xian de Wenshui”
  • Gan Chinese: “文水县”
  • German: “Wenshui”
  • Italian: “Contea di Wenshui”
  • Japanese: “文水県”
  • Korean: “원수이현”
  • Literary Chinese: “文水”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bûn-súi-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wenshui”
  • Norwegian: “Wenshui”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ونشوی”
  • Russian: “Вэньшуй”
  • Swedish: “Wenshui”
  • Urdu: “وینشوی کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Văn Thủy”
  • Wu Chinese: “文水县”
  • Yue Chinese: “文水”

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