Qi County | |
Postal Code: | 475200 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Pushpin Map: | China Henan |
Pushpin Label: | Qixian |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Henan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Seat: | Chengguan (Chinese: 城关镇) |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Henan |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Kaifeng |
Area Code: | 0371[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1258 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 895600 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Coordinates: | 34.549°N 114.783°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Website: | zgqx.gov.cn |
Qi County or Qixian is a county of Kaifeng, Henan, People's Republic of China, with an area of 1243 square km and a population of 1.05 million.
From Shang to Western Zhou, Qi County was the place of the State of Qi. In Qin dynasty, Qi was named as Yongqiu (Chinese: 雍丘). It was the site of the Battle of Yongqiu in 756. In the Song dynasty, Yongqiu was renamed to Qi.Cai Wenji, a Han dynasty poet and composer, was born shortly before 178 in Yu Prefecture (Chinese: 圉縣), Chenliu Commandery (Chinese: 陳留), in what is now Qi County, Kaifeng, Henan.
Qi County has 8 towns and 13 townships.[4]