Dong'e County () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Liaocheng, in Shandong province of China. It is located on the left (northern) bank of the Yellow River, some upstream from the provincial capital Jinan.
The county is regionally and nationally renowned for the production of Ejiao, a donkey-hide gelatine used in traditional Chinese medicine. According to a ca. 1723 account by the French Jesuits Dominique Parrenin, there was a well in this county which was normally kept closed and sealed, and which was only opened when water was taken to be used in preparation of Ejiao for the emperor's court. (E xian (for Dong'e) Ejiao are transcribed Ngo-hien and Ngo-kiao, under the transcription system then in use).
Administrative divisions As of 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 2 townships. Subdistricts Tongcheng Subdistrict () Xincheng Subdistrict ()
Towns
Liuji () Niujiaodian () Daqiao () Gaoji () Jianglou () Guguantun () Yaozhai ()
Townships Yushan Township () Chenji Township ()
Climate
Sister cities Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
See also Cheng Yu Ejiao
Famous people Su Shulin, Governor of Fujian
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