Ruzhou
Sign in to saveRuzhou () is a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province, China, and is under the administration of Pingdingshan. It was called Linru County () until 1988. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The Fengxue Temple of Ruzhou features the Qizu Pagoda, built in 738 during the Tang dynasty (618–907).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ruzhou
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level & Sub-prefectural city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 汝州市名吃街北口01 - panoramio - RZ.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Henan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Henan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Henan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pingdingshan
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1573
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
- Settlement.population_total
- 968400
- Settlement.timezone
- China Standard
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +8
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- 临汝县
- Country
- China
- Population
- 974541
- Area
- 1571.82
- Elevation
- 220
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.ruzhou.gov.cn
- Image
- 20240709 Fengxue Temple 24.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- postal code
- 467500
- Commons category
- Ruzhou
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 2004 stabbing
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- Education
- Transportation
- References
Ruzhou () is a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province, China, and is under the administration of Pingdingshan. It was called Linru County () until 1988. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The Fengxue Temple of Ruzhou features the Qizu Pagoda, built in 738 during the Tang dynasty (618–907).
The town is best well known for the porcelain made during the Song dynasty period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruzhou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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