Dingbian County Explained

Dingbian County
Other Name:Tingpien
Native Name Lang:zh
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:File:Location of Yulin Prefecture within Shaanxi (China).png
Map Caption1:Yulin in Shaanxi
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shaanxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Yulin
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1731
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:6920
Population Total:344900
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:China standard time
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:718699
Area Code:(0)912
Area Code Type:Area code
Blank Name:Licence plates
Blank Info:Chinese: 陕K

Dingbian County is a county in the northwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the west and Inner Mongolia to the north. It is the westernmost county-level division under the administration of Yulin City.

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Dingbian County is divided to 1 subdistrict, 16 towns, and 2 townships.[1]

Subdistricts
Towns
  • (Chinese: 贺圈镇)
  • (Chinese: 红柳沟镇)
  • (Chinese: 砖井镇)
  • (Chinese: 白泥井镇)
  • (Chinese: 安边镇)
  • (Chinese: 堆子梁镇)
  • (Chinese: 白湾子镇)
  • (Chinese: 姬塬镇)
  • (Chinese: 杨井镇)
  • (Chinese: 新安边镇)
  • (Chinese: 张崾先镇)
  • (Chinese: 樊学镇)
  • (Chinese: 盐场堡镇)
  • (Chinese: 郝滩镇)
  • (Chinese: 石洞沟镇)
  • (Chinese: 冯地坑镇)
Townships

Transportation

at Dingbian, the Dingbian-Yinchuan branch joins the main Taiyuan-Zhongwei line.

References

37.4497°N 107.8289°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020. zh:2020年统计用区划代码(定边县). 2020 Statistical Division Codes (Dingbian County). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605211220/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/61/08/610825.html. 2021-06-05. 2021-06-05. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh.