🇨🇳 Renshou County

Renshou County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It located south of Chengdu, the administration of Meishan. It has an area of 2,716.86 km2 (1,048.99 sq mi), and population of 1,110,017 in 2020. Founded in the Qin dynasty, Its name may derive from the first Sui Dynasty emperor's palace located in Shaanxi province, Renshou palace. During the Southern Dynasties it was called Huairen County (怀仁县) and in the Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties it was called Puning County (普宁县). Its name was changed to Renshou in 598 during the Sui Dynasty.