Pingyuan (province)

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Pingyuan (Chinese: 平原省; pinyin: Píngyuán Shěng) was a province of the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1952. Its capital was Xinxiang City, now in Xinxiang, Henan.

[edit] Territory

The province was established on August 20, 1949, comprised of adjoining prefectures in the provinces of Henan and Shandong -

• Xinxiang, HeN (along with then-separate urban centre Xinxiang City)
• Puyang, HeN
• Anyang, HeN (along with then-separate urban centre Anyang City)
• Heze, SD
• Huxi, SD
• Liaocheng, SD

[edit] Termination

Pingyuan province was abolished on November 15, 1952. Its component territories returned to their original Provincial governments - with the exception of Anyang's WuAn, Shexian and Linzhang counties, which were transferred to Handan prefecture in Hebei.

[edit] See also

• History of the political divisions of China