Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
City Seat	Decheng District (37°26′N 116°16′E)
Area	10,356 km²
Population	Dezhou city: 397,036 (2006)
GDP - Total - Per Capita	¥68.69 billion (2004) ¥12,542 (2004)
Major Nationalities	Han - 98.62% Hui - 1.26%
County-level divisions	11
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary	Huang Sheng (黄胜)
Mayor	Wu Cuiyun (吴翠云)
Area code	534
Postal Code	253000 (Decheng District) 253100-253700 (Other areas)
License Plate Prefix	鲁N

Dezhou (Chinese: 德州; pinyin: Dézhōu) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north. Image File history File links ChinaShandongDezhou. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Pinyin: rénmínbì; literally peoples currency) or the yuan (Chinese: å…ƒ or 圆; Hanyu Pinyin: yuán) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; Pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) also known as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Pinyin: Zhōngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 2188 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dezhou Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... (Simplified Chinese: 山东; Traditional Chinese: 山東; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... Jinan (Simplified Chinese: 济南; Traditional Chinese: 濟南; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chi-nan) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaocheng (Chinese: 聊城; pinyin: ), also known as the Water City, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Binzhou (Chinese: 滨州; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Dezhou administers 11 county-level divisions, including 1 district, 2 county-level cities and 8 counties. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

• Decheng District (德城区)
• Leling City (乐陵市)
• Yucheng City (禹城市)
• Ling County (陵县)
• Pingyuan County (平原县)
• Xiajin County (夏津县)
• Wucheng County (武城县)
• Qihe County (齐河县)
• Linyi County (临邑县)
• Ningjin County (宁津县)
• Qingyun County (庆云县)

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Transport

Dezhou lies on the main rail route from Beijing to Shanghai. Beijing (Chinese: ; pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city by population. ...

Tourism

Dezhou's biggest historical attraction is the tomb of Sultan Paduka Batara of Sulu, who died in Dezhou on his return journey from a visit to the Yongle Emperor in 1417. The tomb is well preserved and has been declared a national heritage site. Descendants of the sultan's Muslim followers still live in Dezhou today, and are classfied as the Hui minority. Sulu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360–August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Hui people (Chinese: 回族; Pinyin: ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of the Islamic religion. ...

Miscellaneous

• Dezhou is well-known for its braised chicken and watermelon.
• The name of Dezhou is the same as the abbreviation of the Chinese name for the state of Texas, USA.

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External links

• Government website of Dezhou (in Simplified Chinese)