Dingyuan County Explained

Dingyuan
Other Name:	Tingyuan
Settlement Type:	County
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Anhui
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Chuzhou
Area Total Km2:	2998
Population As Of:	2017
Population Total:	974900
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	233200

Dingyuan County is a county of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Chuzhou city.

History

The ancestral home of Li Keqiang, the Premier of the People's Republic of China, was Dingyuan.^[1]

In December 2011, Taiwanese businessman Zhang Jiulin held a press conference in which he described unfair treatment at the hands of local officials in Dingyuan County in a dispute about embezzlement at a company his father had owned which lead to Zhang Jiulin serving seven months in jail.^[2] ^[3]

Administrative Divisions

Dingyuan County is divided into 16 towns, 5 townships, 1 ethnic township and 3 others.

16 Towns:^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Dingcheng (Chinese: 定城镇)
Luqiao (Chinese: 炉桥镇)
Zhangqiao (Chinese: 张桥镇)
Chihe (Chinese: 池河镇)
Jiangji (Chinese: 蒋集镇)
Zhuwan (Chinese: 朱湾镇)
Lianjiang (Chinese: 连江镇)
Cang (Chinese: 仓镇)

Jiepaiji (Chinese: 界牌集镇)
Xisadian (Chinese: 西卅店镇
Yongkang (Chinese: 永康镇)
Sangjian (Chinese: 桑涧镇)
Sanheji (Chinese: 三和集镇)
Outang (Chinese: 藕塘镇)
Daqiao (Chinese: 大桥镇)
Wuxu (Chinese: 吴圩镇)

5 Townships:

Qilitang (Chinese: 七里塘乡)
Nengren (Chinese: 能仁乡)
Fangang (Chinese: 范岗乡)

Yanqiao (Chinese: 严桥乡)
Fuxiao (Chinese: 拂晓乡)

1 Ethnic Township:

Hui Erlong (Chinese: 二龙回族乡)

3 Others:

Dingyuan Economic and Technological Development Zone (Chinese: 安徽定远经济开发区)
Dingyuan Salt Chemical Industrial Park (Chinese: 定远盐化工业园)
Lingjiahu Farm (Chinese: 凌家湖农场)

References

32.4628°N 117.5928°W

Notes and References

Web site: 新任总理的安徽印记——寻访李克强当年足迹(图)--新闻报道-人民网. 2021-10-01. cpc.people.com.cn.
Web site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSSuBBJr_PM . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nSSuBBJr_PM . 2021-12-21 . live. 6 December 2011. zh:20111206-公視晚間新聞-中國官民勾結台商受害冤押7個月.mpg. Public Television Service. 17 May 2019.
Web site: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tai-12062011101022.html. Radio Free Asia. zh:台商指控大陆公安非法羁押（视频）. 2011-12-06. 17 May 2019.
Web site: http://www.dingyuan.gov.cn/content/channel/577dcdd8ceab06f13f526171/. zh:行政规划. Plan of Administrative Divisions. 15 May 2019. zh-hans. Chinese: 国土面积2998平方公里，{....
Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/ah/7754.html . zh:定远县历史沿革 . Dingyuan County Historical Development . XZQH.org . 30 December 2015 . zh-hans . 15 May 2019 . Chinese: 全县面积2892平方千米{....
Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/34/11/341125.html . zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：定远县 . 2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Dingyuan County . zh-hans . . 2018 . 15 May 2019 . Chinese: 统计用区划代码名称 341125100000 定城镇 341125101000 炉桥镇 341125102000 永康镇 341125103000 吴圩镇 341125104000 朱湾镇 341125105000 张桥镇 341125106000 藕塘镇 341125107000 池河镇 341125108000 连江镇 341125109000 界牌集镇 341125110000 仓镇 341125111000 三和集镇 341125112000 西卅店镇 341125113000 桑涧镇 341125114000 蒋集镇 341125115000 大桥镇 341125200000 严桥乡 341125201000 拂晓乡 341125202000 能仁乡 341125203000 七里塘乡 341125204000 二龙回族乡 341125205000 范岗乡 341125400000 安徽定远经济开发区 341125401000 定远盐化工业园 341125402000 凌家湖农场|.