Qingyang County () is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. It is the northeasternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Chizhou. It has a population of and an area of . The government of Qingyang County is located in Rongcheng Town. Qingyang county benefited in 1540 from Ming literate Mao Kun () (1512–1601)'s brief (2-month) tenure as magistrate. He helped the coppersmiths of the area by shutting down illegal shops that were being run by people from outside the county, and mitigated the abuses of local bullies. The county honored him with a shrine when he had to return home to mourn his father's death according to traditional rite.L. Carrington Goodrich, et al., eds. Dictionary of Ming Biography, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1976), p. 1043
Administrative divisions Qingyang County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 townships.
Towns
Rongcheng () Muzhen () Dingqiao () Xinhe () Zhubei () Lingyang () Yangtian () Miaoqian ()
Former Towns Tongbu (), Jiuhua (), Wuqi (), Shaji ()
Townships Qiaomu Township () Youhua Township () Ducun Township ()
Former Townships Chengdong Township (), Yangtian Township (), Dongbao Township (), Nanyang Township (), Zhuyang Township (竹阳乡), Jiuhua Township ()
Climate
Transport China National Highway 318
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