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Meishan
Prefecture-level city in Sichuan, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Meishan (Chinese: 眉山; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: [mi˨˩sã˥]; pinyin: Méishān; Wade–Giles: Mei-shan), formerly known as Meizhou (眉州) or Qingzhou (青州), is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census of whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Dongpo and Pengshan. Meishan is located in the southwest of Sichuan Basin.[3]
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History
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On January 1950, the Meishan Special Zone was established, containing Meishan County along with 9 other counties. On March 1953, the Meishan Special Zone was removed, putting Meishan County under the jurisdiction of the Leshan Special Zone. On May 30, 1997, the Meishan Prefecture was established upon approval of the state council, containing 6 counties including Meishan County. On 10 June 2000, Meishan prefecture was renamed Meishan City and Meishan County was renamed Dongpo District.[4]
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Administrative subdivisions
It has 2 county-level district and 4 counties.
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Notable people
- Su Shi, Song dynasty writer and poet (1037–1101), was a native of Meishan, and a historic temple commemorating him and his father and brother, also notable writers (the "three Su") is located in the city.
- Yuan Chiung-chiung, Taiwanese author whose family originated in the area
- Chen Wenqing, former Minister of State Security
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