Pingyao County

Pingyao County is a county in Jinzhong in central Shanxi Province, China. It is home to , a AAAAA-rated tourist attraction, preserving a great deal of architecture from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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  • Type: County with 451,000 residents
  • Description: county in central Shanxi, China
  • Also known as: “P’ing-yao”, “P’ing-yao Hsien”, “Pingyao”, and “Pingyao Xian”

Pingyao County

Latitude
37.1394° or 37° 8′ 22″ north
Longitude
112.285° or 112° 17′ 6″ east
Population
451,000
Elevation
930 metres (3,051 feet)
Open location code
8P9J47QM+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244081552
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
1798635
Wiki­data ID
Q618687
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Pingyao County” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Pinyao”
  • Basque: “Pingyao konderria”
  • Chinese: “Pêng-iâu-koān”
  • Chinese: “中都縣”
  • Chinese: “平遙”
  • Chinese: “平遙縣”
  • Chinese: “平遥”
  • Chinese: “平遥县”
  • Finnish: “Pingyao”
  • French: “xian de Pingyao”
  • French: “Xian de Pingyao”
  • Indonesian: “County Pingyao”
  • Italian: “Contea di Pingyao”
  • Japanese: “平遙県”
  • Japanese: “平遥県”
  • Korean: “핑야오현”
  • Maltese: “Kontea ta‘ Ping Yao”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pêng-iâu-koān”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پینگیاو”
  • Russian: “Пинъяо”
  • Spanish: “Pingyao”
  • Ukrainian: “Стародавнє місто Пін’яо”
  • Urdu: “پینگیاو کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bình Dao”
  • Vietnamese: “Bình Diêu”
  • Wu Chinese: “平遥县”
  • Yue Chinese: “平遙縣”

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