Renhua County
Renhua County (postal: Yanfa; ) is a county in the northernmost portion of Guangdong province, in China, bordering Jiangxi to the northeast and Hunan to the northwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shaoguan. Renhua County spans an area of , and has a population of 200,354 as of the 2010 Chinese Census. History During his reign, Nanyue emperor Zhao Tuo oversaw the construction of the city of in present-day , Renhua County. Upon the Nanyue capitulation to the Han dynasty, the area of present-day Renhua County was incorporated as Qujiang County (). In 479 CE, during the Southern Qi, Renhua County was carved out of Qujiang County. However, during the Liang dynasty, Renhua County was merged back into Qujiang County. In 688 CE, during the reign of Emperor Ruizong of the Tang dynasty, Renhua County was re-established. Renhua County remained intact until 973 CE, during the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty, when it was merged into Lechang County (). In 1000 CE, under the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, Renhua County was again re-established. In 1949, the People's Liberation Army took control of Renhua County as part of Beijiang zone of Guangdong. The