Cangzhou

Cangzhou (Chinese沧州 市/沧州 市, pinyin Cangzhou shì ) is a prefecture-level city in north China's Hebei Province. Cangzhou has an area of ​​13,419 km ² and about 6.8 million inhabitants ( 2004).

Nearly 35 percent of the population are of Cangzhou Hui Chinese.

Administrative Divisions

At county level, the city consists of two districts, nine circles, an autonomous district and four independent cities is composed. These are:

• City District Yunhe (运河 区), 138 km ², 270,000 inhabitants;
• Municipality Xinhua (新华 区), 89 km ², 220,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Cang (沧县), 1527 km ², 660,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Qing (青县), 968 km ², 390,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Qingzhou (清 州镇);
• Dongguang county (东 光 县), 710 km ², 350,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Dongguang (东 光 镇);
• Circle haixing (海 兴县) 836 km ², 220,000 inhabitants, capital: large village Suji (苏基 镇);
• Yanshan County (盐山县), 795 km ², 400,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Yanshan (盐 山镇);
• Suning county (肃宁县), 497 km ², 330,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Suning (肃宁 镇);
• Circle Nanpi (南皮 县), 794 km ², 350,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Nanpi (南皮 镇);
• Circle Wuqiao (吴桥 县), 603 km ², 280,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Sangyuan (桑园 镇);
• Circle Xian (献县), 1191 km ², 570,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Leshou (乐 寿 镇);
• Autonomous County Mengcun Hui (孟村 回族 自治县), 393 km ², 180,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Mengcun (孟 村镇);
• Botou City (泊头 市), 977 km ², 550,000 inhabitants;
• Renqiu City (任丘 市), 1023 km ², 770,000 inhabitants;
• Huanghua City (黄骅市), 1545 km ², 490,000 inhabitants;
• City Hejian (河 间 市), 1333 km ², 770,000 inhabitants;

Martial Arts

" 53 of 129 Kungfu Styles of China, about 40 percent, then, have their origin in Cangzhou. "