Nanpi County

Nanpi () is a county in the east of Hebei province, China, bordering Shandong province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou. , it has a population of around 350,000 residing in an area of .

Administrative divisions

There are 6 towns and 3 townships under the county's administration.

Towns:

• Nanpi (), Fengjiakou (), Zhaizi (), Baoguantun (), Wangsi (), Wumaying ()

Townships:

• Dalangdian Township (), Liubali Township (), Luguan Township ()

History

Nanpi in the history has been pretty famous due to its mention in the epic novel "Heroes in the marsh" 水滸傳 in Ming Dynasty. At that time the town was named Da Ming Fu and featured in the novel Water Margin 大名府.

It is also the home town of an important figure in late Qing Dynasty: Zhang ZhiDong 張之洞, who has been a governor to Hunan, Hubei, etc.

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