Dachang Hui Autonomous County

Dachang Hui Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大厂回族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大廠回族自治縣; pinyin: Dàchǎng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎) is a Hui autonomous county of Hebei province. It is under the administration of Langfang prefecture-level city, and was established in 1955. The Hui Muslim county of Dachang was subjected to slaughter by the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War.[1]

Dachang County

大厂县 · دَاچْا‎
Autonomous county
大厂回族自治县 · دَاچْا خُوِذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎
Dachang Hui Autonomous County
Dachang in Langfang
Langfang in Hebei
Coordinates: 39°53′11″N 116°59′23″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityLangfang
County seatDachang Town (大厂镇)
Area
 • Total176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (66 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total117,000
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
065300
Area code(s)0316
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20100923033123/http://www.lfdc.gov.cn/

Together with Sanhe City, and Xianghe County, it forms the Northern Three Counties of Langfang, an exclave of Hebei province surrounded by the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin, and itself borders Beijing to the west.

A Dachang Hui Imam, Ma Zhenwu, wrote a Qur'an translation into Chinese including Chinese characters and Xiao'erjing.[2]

Administrative divisions

The county administers 3 towns and 2 townships,[3] which are further divided into a total of 105 village-level divisions.

Towns:

  • Dachang (大厂镇), Xiadian (夏垫镇), Qigezhuang (祁各庄镇)

Townships:

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References
  1. "China's Islamic Communities Generate Local Histories | China Heritage Quarterly". China Heritage Newsletter. China Heritage Project, The Australian National University (5). March 2006. ISSN 1833-8461.
  2. Garnaut, Anthony (March 2006). "The Islamic Heritage in China: A General Survey". China Heritage Newsletter (5).
  3. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：大厂回族自治县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-20.



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