Dezhou

Dezhou (德 州市Chinese, Pinyin Dezhou shì ) is a prefecture-level city in the far northwest of China's Shandong Province, which is known primarily for the occupied by the German Empire in the age of colonialism city of Tsingtao in Germany. Dezhou has an area of ​​10,356 km ² and approximately 5.47 million inhabitants (2003 ). The Japanese sister city Dezhous is Niihama in the Japanese prefecture of Ehime.

History

Particularly interesting and historically important in Dezhou the grave of the king of the Sulu Islands, which is maintained by the local Hui. The grave is located in the north of the downtown district Decheng, in a small village called Beiying. Here live 710 Hui (1990 ), the ( Andulu and Wenhala ) are mostly descendants of two sons of a king of the natives of the Sulu Islands (now Philippines). The Sulu king had died in Yongle 15 ( 1417 ) with a 340- member delegation on State visit to the court of the Ming Dynasty and was on his way home in Dezhou. His two younger sons remained in the grave back, came with three local Hui- Family ( Xia, Ma and Chen ) in marital relationships and founded the families An and Wen. In Yongzheng 9 (1731 ) its now grown to 193 persons offspring from Qing emperor was awarded Chinese citizenship. The grave of the king of Sulu is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1988.

Administrative Divisions

The city of Dezhou is composed at the county level from a municipality, eight counties and two independent cities. These are:

  • City District Decheng (德 城区), 539 km ², 570,000 inhabitants;
  • Circle Ling (陵县), 1213 km ², 560,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Lingcheng (陵 城镇);
  • Circle Pingyuan (平原 县), 1047 km ², 450,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Pingyuan (平原 镇);
  • Circle Xiajin (夏津 县), 882 km ², 490,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Xiajin (夏津 镇);
  • Circle Wucheng (武 城县), 751 km ², 370,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Wucheng (武 城镇);
  • Circle Qihe (齐河 县), 1411 km ², 610,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Yancheng (晏 城镇);
  • District Linyi (临邑 县), 1016 km ², 520,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Linyi (临邑 镇);
  • Ningjin County (宁津 县), 833 km ², 460,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Ningjin (宁津 镇);
  • District Qingyun (庆云县), 502 km ², 300,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Qingyun (庆云 镇);
  • City Leling (乐陵 市), 1172 km ², 640,000 inhabitants;
  • City Yucheng (禹 城市), 990 km ², 500,000 inhabitants
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