Pengzhou

Pengzhou is a county-level city in Sichuan, China, some 36 km northwest of Chengdu and about as much west of Deyang.

It has an area of 1420 square kilometers and a population of 780,000 in 2003. Like other regions around the area, Pengzhou was badly affected by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.

Administrative divisions

Pengzhou has 20 :

*Tianpeng
*Longmenshan
*Xinxing
*Lichun
*Jiuchi
*Mengyang
*Tongji
*Danjingshan
*Longfeng
*Aoping
*Cifeng
*Guihua
*Junle
*Sanjie
*Xiaoyudong
*Hongyan
*Shengping
*Bailu
*Gexianshan
*Zhihe

History

Pengzhou area is believed to have been habituated since Western Zhou. Empress dowager Wu Zetian first set up Pengzhou in 686 AD . In 1337 AD, Hongwu Emperor reduced Pengzhou to Pengxian, or Peng County . Peng County later became Pengzhou City in 1993 .

As of late, Pengzhou is still occasionally referred to as Pengxian, or Peng County, even in official publications.