Cities in our country are named with one character as follows:
Most cities in China have two-character names, such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Wuhan wait. There are also cities with very long names, such as Ordos, Karamay, Kizilsu Kirgiz, etc.
But did you know that there are many cities in our country whose names only have one character? Maybe it’s because Chinese characters are so precious, and one word is worth a thousand dollars, that I can’t bear to use one more word. Next, I will take you to see those cities whose names only have one word!
Cao County, Cao County is Heze City, Shandong Province. The single name is "Cao". In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371 AD), Caozhou was reduced to Cao County, and Caozhou was later restored. The name of Cao County is still used today.
Sha County is affiliated to Sanming City, Fujian Province, and has the character "sha" in its name. The name of this small city is really great. Every Chinese knows "Shaxian Snacks".
Zhao County, a county under the jurisdiction of Shijiazhuang City, has the character "Zhao" in its name. In February of the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Li Dafang, the magistrate of Zhaozhou, was ordered to change Zhaozhou into Zhao County, which was under the jurisdiction of South Hebei Province. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Jinan Road was changed to Daming Road. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), Zhao County was abolished and Zhao County was directly under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province.
Shan County is affiliated to Heze City, Shandong Province, and its name has the word "Shan". The original name of Shan County was "Shanfu County". In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368), Shanfu County was removed and the area directly belonged to Shanzhou. In July of the following year, Shan Prefecture was reduced to Shan County, and Shan County was named after this, which has been used to this day.
Wei County, which is affiliated to Xingtai City, Hebei Province, has the character "Wei" in its name. The original name of Wei County was "Weizhou". In April of the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Weizhou was reduced to a county and it was first called Wei County.
Weixian County, part of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, has the character "Wei" in its name. The original name of Yu County was "Yuzhou". In the second year of the Republic of China (1913 AD), Yuzhou was changed to Yu County.
Cangxian County is affiliated to Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, and has the character "Cang" in its name. The name of Cang County has changed several times, and it has used names such as Cangzhou, Cangzhen, and Cangshi.
Qing County, part of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, has the word "Qing" in its name. In today's Qingxian County, Shenhu County was established during the period of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, and was successively called Changlu County, Lutaijun, Qianningjun, Yong'an County, Qianning County, and Huichuan County. In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1375), it was first called Qingxian County.
Xianxian County is affiliated to Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, and has the word "Xian" in its name. In the ninth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1376), the prefecture was reduced to a county, and Leshou Prefecture was changed to Xianxian County, which belonged to Hejian Prefecture of the capital.
Luan County is affiliated to Tangshan City, Hebei Province, and has the character "Luan" in its name. The original name of Luan County was "Luanzhou". In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), the prefecture was abolished and the prefecture was renamed a county. Luanzhou was first called Luan County.
You County, affiliated to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, has the character "You" in its name. In the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), an "Administrative Supervision District" was established between provinces and counties. You County belonged to the Second Administrative Supervision District of Hunan Province. The Commissioner's Office was located in Hengyang and later moved to Leiyang.
Rong County, affiliated to Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was renamed Rong County in the 10th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1377).
Teng County is affiliated to Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In May of the 10th year of Hongwu (1377), Teng County was reduced to a county and was first named Teng County.
County has been the basic unit of administrative divisions in China for more than 2,500 years. Among the more than 2,800 county-level administrative regions in my country, some of them are quite unusual. In addition to the administrative regions "county" and "city", their place names have only one character, so they are called "single-character counties." For example, the world-famous Shaxian County and Xionxian County are part of Xiongan New Area.