page_title: Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Anzhuangwei, a gate tower, in Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou, China. 中文（简体）‎: 贵州省安顺市镇宁布依族苗族自治县的安庄卫城楼。
context_page_description: Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Anshun, in the southwest of Guizhou Province, China.
context_section_description: In the 3rd century BC, Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County (Zhenning) was a part of an ancient political entity Yelang.
  In 233, in the 11th year of Jianxing period of Shu Han (221–263), the county under the control of Puli Dazong (普里大宗).
  In late Song dynasty, the powerful Mongol Empire, led by Genghis Khan, began their conquest of Song Empire. The Mongolian army occupied Zhenning and it came under the jurisdiction of Hehong Zhou (和宏州). In 1351, in the 11th year of Zhizheng period of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), Hehong Prefecture was renamed "Zhenning Zhou" (镇宁州) and belonged to Puding Circuit (普定路).
  In 1385, in the ruling of Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Zhenning came under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Buzhengshisi (四川布政使司). Five years later, a military garrison named "Anzhuangwei" (安庄卫) was founded in downtown Zhenning.
  In 1671, in the reign of Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Zhenning became an independent "Zhou" and under the administration of Anshun Prefecture (安顺府).
  In 1914, Zhenning Zhou was revoked and Zhenning County was set up.
  On November 21, 1949, the Communists took over Zhenning. In 1956, it came under the jurisdiction of Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. In 1958, Guanling was briefly merged into Zhenning County and then separated in 1961. On September 11, 1963, it became an autonomous county approved by the State Council of China. In 1964, it was under jurisdiction of Liuzhi Special District. In 1981, Zhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County came under the jurisdiction of Anshun.
caption: "Anzhuangwei" (reconstruction).
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