Zoucheng

Zoucheng (邹城; Pinyin: Zoucheng ) is a city in the west of China's Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. It is an independent city in the administrative territory of the prefecture-level city of Jining. It has an area of ​​1619 km ² and has 1.12 million inhabitants.

The old state Zou, home of the philosopher Mencius was in their territory. Previously Zoucheng was a circle, the circle Zou ( " Zouxian ").