Zhaozhou County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | Location of Daqing Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png |
Map Caption1: | Daqing in Heilongjiang |
Coordinates: | 45.699°N 125.269°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Daqing |
Area Total Km2: | 2,445 |
Population Total: | 387,463 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | China Standard |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Zhaozhou County is a county of southwestern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jilin province to the south. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Daqing.
History of Jin says that in the eighth year of Tianhui(during the reign of Emperor Jianwen of Jin) since the Taizu defeated the Liao Dynasty, the King Zhaoji was here. And he was built as a state with a county called Shixing. Because of its name Zhaozhou, it was called Zhaozhou.
Zhaozhou County is divided into 6 towns and 6 townships.[1]
The population of the district was in 1999.[2]