Anguo

Anguo (), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (), is a county-level city under the administration of and south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China.

It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine () established around 100.

In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in , of which the centrally placed Yaocheng () is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing was born here.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:

• Qizhouyaoshi Subdistrict ()

Towns:

• Qizhou (), Wurenqiao (), Shifo (), Zhengzhang (), Xifoluo (), Dawunü ()

Townships:

• Mingguandian Township (), Nanloudi Township (), Xi'anguocheng Township (), Beiduancun Township ()

Climate

Notable people

• Mo Menchuan, Chinese politician and academician

External links

• 药都安国 (Anguo, the Medicine Capital). Municipal government website, in Simplified Chinese