Anguo

Anguo (simplified Chinese: 安国; traditional Chinese: 安國; pinyin: Ānguó), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (药都), is a county-level city under the administration of and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China.

Anguo
安国市
Ankwo
Temple for the God of Medicine
Location in Baoding
Anguo
Location in Hebei
Coordinates: 38°25′05″N 115°19′37″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityBaoding
Area
  County-level city485.1 km2 (187.3 sq mi)
  Urban
81.00 km2 (31.27 sq mi)
Elevation
33 m (107 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  County-level city415,000
  Density860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
  Urban
109,800
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
071200
Area code0312
Websiteanguo.gov.cn
Anguo
Simplified Chinese安国
Traditional Chinese安國
PostalAnkwo
Qizhou
Chinese祁州
PostalChichow

It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine (藥王廟) established around 100.

In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (Chinese: 祁州; pinyin: Qízhōu). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in 486 km2 (188 sq mi), of which the centrally placed Yaocheng (药城; Yàochéng) is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing was born here.

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