Pinghe County () is a county of the prefecture-level city of Zhangzhou, in southern Fujian province, PRC, bordering Guangdong province to the west.

Administrative Division

The administrative centre or seat of Pinghe County is Xiaoxi ().

Towns (镇, zhen)

Most of Pinghe's old People's communes, after spending the 80s and even 90s as Townships, have been upgraded to Towns. There are ten towns:

• Xiaoxi ( Sió-khe)

• Wenfeng ( Bûn-hong)

• Shange ( Soaⁿ-keeh)

• Nansheng ( Lâm-sèng)

• Banzai ( Póaⁿ-á)

• Anhou (Mandarin Ānhòu, Hokkien Am-āu)

• Daxi ( Tōa-khe)

• Jiufeng ( Kiú-hong)

• Xiazhai (Mandarin Xiázhài, Hokkien Ēe-chēe)

• Luxi ( Lô͘-khe)

Townships (乡, xiang)

There are five townships:

• Wuzhai ( Gō͘-chēe)

• Guoqiang ( Kok-kiâng, originally Ko-kheng)

• Qiling ( Kiā-niá)

• Changle ( Tióⁿ-lo̍h)

• Xiufeng ( Siù-hong)

Climate

Economy

Pinghe County is famous for its pomelos.

Tulou

Numerous Fujian Tulou, earth buildings of round, rectangular and other shapes, can be found within Pinghe County, primarily in its western part (viz., various villages of Luxi, Xiazhai, Jiufeng and Daxi Towns). One of them, the Xishuang Lou (), located in Xi'an Village a few kilometers north of Xiazhai town center, has been described by some researchers as the "largest of the rectangular [tulou] in existence". Unfortunately, only parts of the compound have survived to this day.

Notable people

• Chen Yifei (陳義飛), scholar and senior official of Ming dynasty (AD 1368-AD 1644)

• Lai Ching-te (賴清德), president of the Republic of China, born in Taiwan, his great-great-grandfather migrated to Taiwan from Pinghe County.

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