Where is today's Xiapi?

Xiapi is Gupi Town, Suining County, Jiangsu Province. Xiapi is also called Piguo and Xiapi County. During the Warring States Period, Qi Weiwang made Zou Ji the current leader of Xiapi, and began to call this place Xiapi. Later, the Han Dynasty pacified the world and renamed it Donghai County, Tan County, and then moved to Xiapizhou.

In the Qing Dynasty, due to the Tancheng earthquake, the capital of Xiapi moved from Gupi Town to Pizhen Town, Pizhou City. In the first year of the Republic of China, Pizhen moved to Yunhe Town, which was called Pixian County in history. 1992 to 10, and Pizhou City was established. Pizhou has a history of more than 2,000 years, and Gupi Town in Suining County has a history of nearly 5,000 years.

topography

Suining County is located at the intersection of Yimeng Mountain Range and Huaihai Plain. The overall terrain is slowly inclined from northwest to southeast, with a slope of 1.08. Except for the scattered low hills in the northwest, west and southwest, the rest are yellow floodplains. Xushan in Gupi Town is 204.7 meters above sea level, which is the highest place in the county.

The average elevation in the plain area is 28.3 meters, with the highest point in the northwest being 37.2 meters and the lowest point in the southeast being 18.5 meters. The old course of the Yellow River in the northern part of the territory runs through the east and west, becoming a natural watershed between the north and the south of the county. The total land area of the county is 1769. 19 square kilometers.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Suining County