Huining County Explained

Huining County
Postal Code:730700
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Gansu
Pushpin Label:Huining
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Gansu
Coordinates:35.6929°N 105.0466°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gansu
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Baiyin
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Huishi
Area Total Km2:6439
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:543900
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Huining County is a county in the east of Gansu Province, bordering Ningxia to the east. It is under the administration of Baiyin City and located at its southeast end. Its postal code is 730700, and its population in 1999 was 569,599 people.

In October 1936, the Red Army met in Huining to celebrate the end of the Long March.[1] [2]

Administrative divisions

Huining County is divided to 24 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township.[3]

Towns
  • Huishi (Chinese: 会师镇)
  • Guochengyi (Chinese: 郭城驿镇)
  • Hepan (Chinese: 河畔镇)
  • Touzhaizi (Chinese: 头寨子镇)
  • Taipingdian (Chinese: 太平店镇)
  • Gangouyi (Chinese: 甘沟驿镇)
  • Houjiachuan (Chinese: 侯家川镇)
  • Chaijiamen (Chinese: 柴家门镇)
  • Hanjiacha (Chinese: 汉家岔镇)
  • Liujiazhaizi (Chinese: 刘家寨子镇)
  • Baicaoyuan (Chinese: 白草塬镇)
  • Dagou (Chinese: 大沟镇)
  • Sifangwu (Chinese: 四房吴镇)
  • Zhongchuan (Chinese: 中川镇)
  • Laojunpo (Chinese: 老君坡镇)
  • Pingtouchuan (Chinese: 平头川镇)
  • Dingjiagou (Chinese: 丁家沟镇)
  • Yangyaji (Chinese: 杨崖集镇)
  • Zhaijiasuo (Chinese: 翟家所镇)
  • Hanjiaji (Chinese: 韩家集镇)
  • Tumenxia (Chinese: 土门岘镇)
  • Xinyuan (Chinese: 新塬镇)
  • Caotan (Chinese: 草滩镇)
  • Xinzhuang (Chinese: 新庄镇)
Townships
Ethnic townships

Transport

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Huang, Zhen. Sketches on the Long March. 1982. Foreign Languages Press. 978-0-8351-0994-9. en.
  2. Book: Translations from Red Flag. 1986. Joint Publications Research Service. en.
  3. Web site: 统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn . XZQH . zh . 2020-12-27.