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Dingtao District

Dingtao is a district of Heze in south-western Shandong province, China. In antiquity the area around it, then called Taoqiu or Tao, was the capital region of the State of Cao and later a famous trading city where Fan Li, the minister of Yue, is said to have grown rich. It lies on the plain south of the Yellow River.

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State of Cao

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