Loufan County is a county of Shanxi, North China China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Taiyuan, the capital of the province. It is the westernmost county-level division of Taiyuan.
Name
Loufan is named for the
Loufan Kingdom (婁煩
Lóufán < Eastern Han Chinese *
l(i)o-buɑn <
Old Chinese *
ro-ban 620 BCE ?, ca.; 307 BCE)
[Schuessler, Axel (2014). "Phonological Notes on Hàn Period Transcriptions of Foreign Names and Words". Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (53). p. 266] in ancient China during the Warring States period, which was conquered by the state of Zhao in two campaigns in 306 and 304BC after the adoption of
Eurasian nomads (
Hu) weapons and customs by the King Wuling of Zhao.
[Sima Qian, Shiji, Genealogies of Zhao: "King Wuling"] During Emperor Gaozu of Han's time, Loufan were associated with the Xiongnu.
[ Shiji, "Stories about Liu Jing and Shusun Tong"; text: "劉敬從匈奴來，因言「匈奴河南白羊、樓煩王，去長安近者七百里..."; translation: " Liu Jing, having come back from the Xiongnu, consequently said: 'The kings of the White Sheep and Loufan Xiongnu, south of the Yellow River, are nearby, just 700 li from Chang'an..."]
History
Loufan County formed part of Yanmen Commandery under the
Qin Empire and
Western Han. Its former
county seat is now located in
Ningwu County in Xinzhou Prefecture.
Climate
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