Organizational evolution of Sobao town

Since ancient times, it has been the main road of Shanxi and Hebei and the important town in the west of the county. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the government of Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region and its subordinate ministries and bureaus of finance, construction, culture, education, transportation, taxation, industry and commerce, and southern Hebei Bank were stationed in Suobao Village and Tanyin Village respectively. Suobao Township was established on 1953, changed from 1958 to commune, and changed from 1984 to town. Merger of Wencun Township 1996. 1997, with an area of 94.8 square kilometers and a population of 26,000.