Yaozhou District formerly Yao County , is a district

District (China)

The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....

 under the administration of Tongchuan city in Shaanxi

Shaanxi

' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

 province of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It has a total area of 1617 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 300,000 people as of 2002.

Administrative divisions

Yaozhou District administers two streets, 11 towns, and two rural townships. The streets include Yong'an Street and Tianbao Street. The towns include Liulin, Sigou, Miaowan, Dongjiahe, Yaoqu, Sunyuan, Guanzhuang, Potou, Zhaojin, and Xiaoqiu. The rural townships include Shizhu and Yanchi.

External links

• Introduction to Yaozhou District (Chinese)