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Qian'an

Qian'an is a county-level city in Tangshan prefecture, north-eastern Hebei province, China, on the Luan River near the Great Wall. In the late 3rd and early 4th centuries the area was the base of the Duan Xianbei, whose seat at Lingzhi lay nearby. It is now a centre of iron mining and steel production.

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Duan Xianbei

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