Yanggu County is a county of western Shandong

Shandong

' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

 province, People's Republic of China, bordering the narrow strip of Henan

Henan

Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

 province to the south. It is administered by Liaocheng

Liaocheng

Liaocheng , also known as the Water City, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the province of Hebei and Henan to the west...

City.

The population was in 1999.

Explosion

In December 2010, an explosion caused by careless handling of chemicals ripped through a pesticide factory, raising pollution fears that resulted in authorities evacuating 8,000 residents from nearby villages. The explosion occurred in the factory of Shandong Yanggu Zhongshi Pharmaceutical Co. One person broke his leg while six others suffered slight injuries in the blast, said Zhou Qing, head of the emergency response office of Yanggu County; About 30 workers on the assembly line fled after smelling something unusual, Zhou said.

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