Zaoqiang County is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, at the southern end of Hengshui City, between east longitude115 35' and north latitude115 58'. It faces Jingxian County and Gucheng County across the Qingliang River in the east, Jizhou District in the west, Nangong City in Xingtai City in the south, Taocheng District and Wuyi County in the north. It is 28 kilometers wide from east to west and 45 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of 905 square kilometers.
The Historical Evolution of Zaoqiang County
Xia Dynasty is the mainland of Jizhou.
In Shang dynasty, this was the land of thorns, Tianjin.
The Western Zhou Dynasty is located in the east of Jizhou and the west of Yanzhou. The Spring and Autumn Period was the land of Jin State. The warring States period was the dongyang land of Zhao state.
Qin, a new county, belongs to Julu County.
In the second year of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty (before 155), Zaoqiang County was located in Guang Chuan County and belonged to Qinghe County. Ganlu four years (the first fifty years), belonging to Xindu County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zaoqiang County in the province was Guang Chuan County, belonging to Qinghe State.
During the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty, Zaoqiang County was located in Guang Chuan County, belonging to Anping country.
Zaoqiang County of Jin Province entered Guang Chuan County, which belongs to Bohai County.
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were two counties, Zaoqiang and Guang Chuan, which belonged to Changle County. In the eighteenth year of Taihe (494), Zaoqiang and Guang Chuan were placed under Rousseau County, and all three counties belonged to Changle County. Beiqi, Guang Chuan and Rousseau were merged into Zaoqiang County, which still belongs to Changle County. The Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked the Northern Qi system.
Guangchuan County in Sui Dynasty was renamed Changhe County and moved to Pingyuan County. Zaoqiang was subordinate to Changle County, Jizhou County and Xindu County successively.
In the early years of Tang Wude, Zaoqiang belonged to Jizhou and Weizhou. In the early years of Tianbao, it belonged to Xindu County. In the early days of Gan Yuan, it still belonged to Jizhou.