Foping County | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | Location_of_Hanzhong_Prefecture_within_Shaanxi_(China).png |
Map Caption1: | Hanzhong 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: | Hanzhong |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1279 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 32584[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China standard time |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 723400 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Blank Name: | Licence plates |
Blank Info: | Chinese: 陕F |
Foping is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China.
The county was first established in 1824.[2]
It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km2.) of dogwood forests.[3] The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.[4] [5]
As 2019, Foping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 6 towns.[6]