Zoucheng
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Zoucheng 邹城市 |
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| County-level city | |
A Zoucheng landscape
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| Country | China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Jining |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 1,619 km2 (625 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,619 km2 (625 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,619 km2 (625 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • County-level city | 1,116,692 |
| • Urban | 1,116,692 |
| • Urban density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,116,692 |
| • Metro density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Zoucheng (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zōuchéng) is a county-level city in the south of Shandong province in China. Before it became a city, it was known as Zou County or Zouxian.
Zoucheng is located about 20 km south of the city of Qufu, and like Qufu, is administratively under the prefecture-level city of Jining. Its population was 1,116,692 at the 2010 census even though its built-up (or metro) area is much smaller.
The philosopher Mencius was born in Zoucheng, then within the feudal State of Zou. His descendants lived in Zoucheng all the way to the present. Some of them migrated to Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War. In the present day, there are four major sites in the city relating to Mencius: the Mencius Temple (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), the Mencius Family Mansion (Chinese: ; pinyin: ), the Mencius Forest (Chinese: ; pinyin: , 35°28′42.27″N 117°2′56.11″E / 35.4784083°N 117.0489194°E), and Mencius' Mother's Forest (Chinese: ; pinyin: , 35°29′29.97″N 116°58′49.09″E / 35.4916583°N 116.9803028°E).
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