Pinghu
Also known as Pinghu Shi
Pinghu is a county-level city in the east of Jiaxing's administrative area, in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, bordering Shanghai to the northeast. It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay. Prior to the Ming dynasty, Pinghu was part of Haiyan County. In 1430 Pinghu County was established. In 1991 Pinghu became a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing.
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- Pinghu
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- County-level city
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- The First Bridge of Danghu Residential District 05 2014-06.jpg
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- Location of Pinghu City within Jiaxing
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- China Zhejiang
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- Location in Zhejiang
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- People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang
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Pinghu is a county-level city in the east of Jiaxing's administrative area, in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, bordering Shanghai to the northeast. It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay. Prior to the Ming dynasty, Pinghu was part of Haiyan County. In 1430 Pinghu County was established. In 1991 Pinghu became a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing.
==History== thumb|200px|Maps of "Quzhou|Kiu-tcheou-fou" and "Pinghou-hien" from [[Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on Jesuit accounts]] Zhapu, the site of a deepwater harbor, was the principal site of China's foreign trade with Korea and Japan during the 18th and 19th century.
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