Jia County, Shaanxi
Jia County, also known by its Chinese name Jiaxian, is a county in Yulin City, in the north of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province across the Yellow River to the east.
Jia County 佳县 | |
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County | |
![]() Jia County in Yulin | |
![]() Yulin in Shaanxi | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shaanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Yulin |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Jia County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 佳縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 佳县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Beautiful County | ||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||
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Jiazhou | |||||||||
Chinese | 葭州 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Reed Prefecture | ||||||||
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Jiaxian | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 葭縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 葭县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Reed County | ||||||||
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History
![](../I/m/Du_Halde_-_Description_de_la_Chine_-_Kia_tcheou_province_de_Chan_si.jpg)
A map of "Kia-tcheou" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries
The seat of Jia County was formerly known as Jiazhou when it was the seat of a prefecture during imperial times.
References
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