Zhèn'ān

Zhen'an lies in the wooded mountains south of the Qinling, along the middle Qianyou River. In the Tang the region formed part of Anye County, later known as Qianyou. The Ming restored an inspection post here in 1375 and established Zhen'an County in 1452 to administer scattered settlements in the mountains. Its first seat lay farther north in the Qianyou valley. Under the Qing, Zhen'an became subordinate to Shangzhou in 1725.