Ruzhou

Introduction

County-level city in Henan, China You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese.  (May 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Chinese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Chinese Wikipedia article at [[:zh:汝州市]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|zh|汝州市}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. County-level & Sub-prefectural city in Henan, People's Republic of ChinaRuzhou 汝州市County-level & Sub-prefectural cityRuzhouLocation in HenanCoordinates: 34°10′01″N 112°50′38″E / 34.167°N 112.844°E / 34.167; 112.844CountryPeople's Republic of ChinaProvinceHenanPrefecture-level cityPingdingshanArea • Total1,573 km2 (607 sq mi)Population (2019) • Total968,400Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)Postal code467599 Ruzhou (Chinese: 汝州; pinyin: Rǔzhōu) is a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province, China, and is under the administration of Pingdingshan. It was called Linru County (simplified Chinese: 临汝县; traditional Chinese: 臨汝縣; pinyin: Línrǔ Xiàn) until 1988. It has more than 100,000 inhabitants. The Fengxue Temple of Ruzhou features the Qizu Pagoda, built in 738 during the Tang dynasty (618–907). The town is best well known for the porcelain made during the Song dynasty period.

History

[edit] 2004 stabbing[edit] Main article: List of mass stabbing incidents (before 2010) § Ruzhou, China (2004) Yan Yanming murdered nine students at Ruzhou No. 2 High School in 2004.

Administrative divisions