Hong'an County


Hong'an County, formerly named Huang'an County, located to the north of Wuhan, is a county in Huanggang, Hubei province, People's Republic of China.
Hong'an is known as the "County of Generals" in that more than 200 Chinese army generals have been born there, a total far greater than for any other county in all of China.
The former military leader and President of China, Li Xiannian, was born in Hong'an.

History

In 845 BC Marquis Wen Huang Meng moved the capital of the State of Huang from Yicheng to Huangchuan. Huang Xi's descendants ruled State of Huang until 648 BC when it was destroyed by the State of Chu. The Marquis of Huang, Marquis Mu Huang Qisheng, fled to the state of Qi. The people of Huang were forced to relocate to Chu. They settled in the region of present-day Hubei province, in a region known as the Jiangxia Prefecture during the Han dynasty. There are many places in this region today that were named after Huang e.g. Huanggang, Huangpi, Huangmei, Huangshi, Huang'an, Huangzhou etc. A large number of the people of Huang were also relocated to regions south of the Yangtze River.

Geography

Administrative divisions

Hong'an County administers 13 township-level divisions: