Gaoping
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gaopingshi, Gaoping Shi, Gaoping City, Gaoping County, City of Gaoping, Kao-p'ing, Kao-p'ing Shih, Kao-p'ing-shih
Gaoping () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jincheng. It has a history stretching back to the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). Part of the city was formerly known as Changping where a noted battle took place in 260 BCE between forces from the rival States of Qin and Zhao.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gaoping
- Settlement.other_name
- Kaoping
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Changping Square at Gaoping.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- ChinaJinchengGaoping.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Shanxi
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Shanxi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shanxi
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jincheng
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 946.0
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 63.00
- Settlement.population_total
- 494000
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 高平县
- Population
- 453054
- Area
- 980.35
- Official website
- www.sxgp.gov.cn
- Image
- 定林寺.JPG
- Dialing code
- 356
- Licence plate code
- 晋E
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- postal code
- 048400
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Gaoping () is a county-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jincheng. It has a history stretching back to the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). Part of the city was formerly known as Changping where a noted battle took place in 260 BCE between forces from the rival States of Qin and Zhao.
Gaoping is also famed as the birthplace of Lord Yan, a legendary figure who was an early leader (or series of leaders) among the ancient Han Chinese.
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