Yaozhou District

Yaozhou 耀州区
District
Yaozhou in Tongchuan
Tongchuan in Shaanxi
Coordinates: 34°54′21″N 108°58′36″E / 34.90583°N 108.97667°E / 34.90583; 108.97667
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Tongchuan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yaozhou District (simplified Chinese: 耀州区; traditional Chinese: 耀州區; pinyin: Yàozhōu Qū), formerly Yao County (simplified Chinese: 耀县; traditional Chinese: 耀縣; pinyin: Yào Xiàn), is a district of the city of Tongchuan, Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China. It has a total area of 1,617 square kilometres (624 sq mi), occupying the southwest two-fifths of Tongchuan, and a population of approximately 300,000 as of 2002.

In medieval China, Yaozhou was the site of the Yaozhou kilns.