Yanggao County is a CPRC in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Datong.
History
Yanggao was formerly known as
Gaoliu. Under the
Qin dynasty and
Western Han, it was part of
Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day Yuzhou in
Hebei) during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Climate
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