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Dai County 代县 |
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 Dai County
Location of Daixian (i.e., Shangguan) in Shanxi Province
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| Coordinates: 39°3′49″N 112°56′35″E / 39.06361°N 112.94306°ECoordinates: 39°3′49″N 112°56′35″E / 39.06361°N 112.94306°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture | Xinzhou |
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| • Total | 1,729 km2 (668 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 214,091 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | dx.sxxz.gov.cn |
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The Bianjing Drum Tower in Daixian
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The Great Wall at Yanmen Pass
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Expansive-&-Martial Town Greatly Warlike Town |
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Expansive-&-Martial County Greatly Warlike County |
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| Literal meaning | Wild Goose Gate Commandery | ||||||||
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| Postal | Taichow | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Dai Prefecture | ||||||||
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Dai County, also known by its Chinese name Daixian, is a county in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, China. Its county seat at Shangguan is also known as Daixian. The county has an area of 1,729 km2 (668 sq mi) and had a population of 214,091 at the time of the 2010 census. The county is the home of the AAAAA-rated Yanmen Pass Scenic Area along the Great Wall, as well as the Bianjing Drum Tower, the Ayuwang Pagoda, and the Zhao Gao Forest Park.
As is usual in Chinese, the name "Daixian" is used for both the county as a whole and for the county seat at Shangguan. Because the English word "county" only typically describes the area, it's more common to use a transcription of the Chinese form of the name when talking about its seat of government. Dàixiàn is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese placename written as in traditional characters and as in the simplified characters now used in mainland China. The same name was formerly written as Tai County, Tai Hsien, or Tai-hsien in the Wade-Giles system. The name was most recently bestowed in 1912, during the organization of the Republic of China.
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