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Hanzhong Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Shaanxi Province , In Chinese [汉中市]

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Administrative Division Code : 610700;
Post Code : 723000;
Phone Area Code :0916
The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 陕F
The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 610700
Area Coverage: 27246 square kilometers;
Population : 3,730,000 persons;
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The adminitrative division form of Hanzhong is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have juridiction over some small cities in China.
Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Hanzhong Municipality
S/NFull NameIn Chinese In PinyinDivison type
1Hantai District汉台区Hantai QuDistrict
2Foping County佛坪县Foping XianCounty
3Liuba County留坝县Liuba XianCounty
4Zhenba County镇巴县Zhenba XianCounty
5Lueyang County略阳县Lueyang XianCounty
6Ningqiang County宁强县Ningqiang XianCounty
7Mianxian County勉县Mianxian County
8Xixiang County西乡县Xixiang XianCounty
9Yangxian County洋县Yangxian County
10Chenggu County城固县Chenggu XianCounty
11Nanzheng County南郑县Nanzheng XianCounty
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Hanzhong has been renowned for the names of “Little Jiangnan”(Jiangnan, south of the Yangtze River ) in the northwest and “cornucopia” in Qinba mountainous areas. Hanzhong boasts a long history and its culture is of great profundity. Numerous historic figures not only enrich the history of the city, but also leave abundant historic sites of humanities. The famous strategist of the Three Kingdoms Period---Zhuge Liang, who is guarded by twenty-two cypresses, sleeps forever in the Wuhouci (Memorial Temple of Zhuge Liang) at the foot of Dingjun Mountain. The great ambition and lofty ideal of the founder of the Han Dynasty (Gao Zu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang) to govern the whole country are inscripted on the ancient Han Platform. The pioneer of the Silk Road Zhang Qian and the inventor of papermaking Cai Lun also sleep quietly in this city, and ward this land reminiscence of its landscapes. The meandering Hanjiang River nourishes the green lands with wonderful natural scenery. Luxuriant grass and trees grow on mountains and plains and on banks of rivers and streams, forming boundless forests. Hanzhong City has an area of 27246 square kilometer, with a population of 3.72 million.

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