Shuocheng District

Shuocheng District, formerly Shuo County, is the main urban district of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou in Shanxi province, China.

Shuocheng 朔城区
District
Shuocheng in Shuozhou
Shuocheng Location in Shanxi
Coordinates (Shuocheng District government): 39°19′11″N 112°25′55″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Shuozhou
Area
• Total	1,768 km2 (683 sq mi)
Population  (2020[1])	565,075
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Shuocheng District
Simplified Chinese	朔城区
Traditional Chinese	朔城區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shuòchéng Qū Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sok3sing4 keoi1

Former names
Mayi County
Traditional Chinese	馬邑縣
Simplified Chinese	马邑县
Literal meaning	Horse Town County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎyìxiàn Wade–Giles Ma-i Hsien
Yinguan County
Traditional Chinese	陰館縣
Simplified Chinese	阴馆县
Literal meaning	Shady Office(s) County Yin Office(s) County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yīnguǎnxiàn Wade–Giles Yin-kuan Hsien
Yanmen Commandery
Traditional Chinese	雁門郡 鴈門郡
Simplified Chinese	雁门郡
Literal meaning	Yanmen Pass Commandery
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yànménjùn Wade–Giles Yen-mên Chün

History

Map including Shuo County (labeled 朔縣 SHUO-HSIEN (Shohsien) (walled)) (AMS, 1955)

Shuocheng is the site of the ancient Chinese frontier post of Mayi and its territory was previously organized as the Mayi County of Yanmen Commandery. This is the birthplace of Zhang Liao.

Yinguan,^[2] in present-day Shuocheng District's Xiaguancheng Village (夏关城村; Xiàguānchéng Cūn),^[3] was the seat of another county and of all of Yanmen Commandery during the Eastern Han.^[2] The post was moved to Guangwu near present-day Daixian under the Kingdom of Wei.^[2]