Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong.

County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Yanggao County 阳高县 Yangkao
County
Yanggao Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates: 40°21′40″N 113°44′56″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Datong
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yanggao County
Traditional Chinese	陽高縣
Simplified Chinese	阳高县
Literal meaning	Sunny Heights County Yang-Heights County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yánggāo Xiàn Wade–Giles Yang-kao Hsien

Former names
Gaoliu
Chinese	高柳
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāoliǔ Wade–Giles Kao-liu

History

Yanggao was formerly known as Gaoliu. Under the Qin and Western Han, it was part of Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day Yuzhou in Hebei) during the Three Kingdoms Period.[1]

See also

• Other Gaolius

References

Citations

Bibliography

• www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
• Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 19, Lanham: Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810860537.

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