Tanghe County
| Tanghe County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 唐河縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 唐河县 | ||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tánghé xiàn | ||||||||
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Tanghe County is administered by Nanyang, Henan, People's Republic of China. Its ancient name was Tangzhou (唐州).
The county consists of 20 townships and 503 administrative villages, with the population being approximately 1,280,000 and total area being 2,512 square kilometres (970 sq mi). The town of Tanghe where the county government is located has more than 200,000 citizens. The urban area expands very quickly, especially westwards, under the background of estate boom across China. The local economy is mainly based on agriculture, including wheat, cotton, pears. The investment and support from the Tanghers who work out of Tanghe is very important to the local economy.
History
Tanghe has very long history; the written history can be traced back to Zhou dynasty.
Transport
- Nanjing–Xi'an Railway goes through the southern suburb of Tanghe.
- G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway goes through the northern suburb of the town.
- China National Highway 312
- Provincial roads S240, S239, S335 go through Tanghe county.
- Nanyang Jiangying Airport is about 40 km away from Tanghe city.
Public transportation
Connections between Tanghe city and all its towns are provided by buses.
Notable residents
Philosopher Feng Youlan was born in Tanghe in 1895. Except for following his father Feng Taiyi in Hubei province between 1904 and 1908, Feng lived in Tanghe before leaving for Kaifeng to study in Chinese Public School in 1911. Other famous people are Li Ji and Zhang Fengyi.
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