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Pinghe County

Field	Value
name	Pinghe County
native_name	平和县
other_name	Pinghwo; Pingho
settlement_type	County
image_skyline	Jinxi Valley - DSCF4161.JPG
image_caption	Jinxi Creek Valley west of Xiaoxi Town
pushpin_map	China Fujian
pushpin_label	Pinghe
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Fujian
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	People's Republic of China
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Fujian
subdivision_type2	Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2	Zhangzhou
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	1,957
population_total	455,042
population_as_of	2020 census
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	China Standard
utc_offset1	+8
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Pinghe County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in southern Fujian province, PRC, bordering Guangdong province to the west.

Administrative Division

The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi (小溪镇).

Towns (镇, ''zhen'')

Most of Pinghe's old People's communes, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. There are ten towns:

Xiaoxi (小溪 Sió-khe)
Wenfeng (文峰 Bûn-hong)
Shange (山格 Soaⁿ-keeh)
Nansheng (南胜 Lâm-sèng)
Banzai (坂仔 Póaⁿ-á)
Anhou (Mandarin 安厚 Ānhòu, Hokkien 庵后 Am-āu)
Daxi (大溪 Tōa-khe)
Jiufeng (九峰 Kiú-hong)
Xiazhai (Mandarin 霞寨 Xiázhài, Hokkien 下寨 Ēe-chēe)
Luxi (芦溪 Lô͘-khe)

Townships (乡, ''xiang'')

There are five townships:

Wuzhai (五寨 Gō͘-chēe)
Guoqiang (国强 Kok-kiâng, originally 高坑 Ko-kheng)
Qiling (崎岭 Kiā-niá)
Changle (长乐 Tióⁿ-lo̍h)
Xiufeng (秀峰 Siù-hong)

Climate

Economy

A "Pinghe County honey pomelo" orchard near Xiazhai Town, with a sign indicating that this is where [[Walmart]] China sources its pomelos

Pinghe County is famous for its pomelos.

Tulou

Surviving section of the front (southern) wall of Xishuang Lou

Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (西爽楼), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular [tulou] in existence".{{citation| journal=The Architectural Review|date=February 1996 Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.{{citation |access-date = 2012-04-07 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116043353/http://www.517gf.com:8080/FirstPage/ShowNews/?newId=791 |archive-date = 2013-01-16 |url-status = dead

Notable people

Chen, yi fei (陳義飛), scholar and senior official of Ming dynasty (AD 1368-AD 1644)
Lai Ching-te (賴清德), president of the Republic of China, born in Taiwan, his great-great grandfather migrated to Taiwan from Pinghe County.

References

http://www1.fjta.com/zhangzhou/pinghexian/ {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-11 {{in lang). zh
"Fujian (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties)".
http://www.hdzxw.com/news/93/n-208293.html {{in lang. zh
link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]

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