Dachang Hui Autonomous County

Dachang County 大厂县 دَاچْا
Autonomous county
大厂回族自治县 Dachang Hui Autonomous County دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا
Dachang Location in Hebei
Coordinates: 39°53′N 116°59′E / 39.883°N 116.983°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Prefecture-level city	Langfang
County seat	Dachang Town (大厂镇)
Area
• Total	176 km^2 (68 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	117,000
• Density	660/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	065300
Area code(s)	0316
Website	http://www.lfdc.gov.cn/

Dachang Hui Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大厂回族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大廠回族自治縣; pinyin: Dàchǎng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is a Hui autonomous county of Hebei province, China. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city, and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was subjected to slaughter by the Japanese.^[1]

Together with Sanhe City, and Xianghe County, it forms the Sanhe Exclave, an exclave of Hebei province surrounded by the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, and itself borders Beijing to the west.

Administrative divisions

The county administers 3 towns and 2 townships,^[2] which are further divided into a total of 105 village-level divisions.

Towns:

• Dachang (大厂镇), Xiadian (夏垫镇), Qigezhuang (祁各庄镇)

Townships:

• Shaofu Township (邵府乡), Chenfu Township (陈府乡)

References

1. http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/scholarship.php?searchterm=005_dachang.inc&issue=005
2. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：大厂回族自治县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-20.

External links

• Dachang Hui Autonomous County government website