Anzhai
town in Hebei, People's Republic of China
Anzhai (Chinese: 安寨镇; pinyin: Ānzhài Zhèn) is a town located in Quzhou County, Handan, Hebei, China. According to the 2010 census, Anzhai had a population of 54,641, including 27,477 males and 27,164 females. The population was distributed as follows: 12,848 people aged under 14, 37,654 people aged between 15 and 64, and 4,139 people aged over 65.
“Anzhai” enters the record as town in Hebei, People's Republic of China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Anzhai, town and Hebei can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Anzhai” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Anzhai, town and Hebei provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10946621. Authority coordinates are 36.671, 114.983. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Anzhai”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Anzhai primary sources, Anzhai archive and Anzhai research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Anzhai”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Anzhai” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.