Liangdang County Explained

Liangdang County
Other Name:Liangtang
Postal Code:742400
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Gansu
Pushpin Label:Liangdang
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Gansu
Coordinates:33.7986°N 106.3953°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gansu
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Longnan
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Chengguan
Area Total Km2:1408.73
Population As Of:2010
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:50429
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Liangdang County is a county under the administration of Longnan City, in the southeast of Gansu Province of China. It has a land area of 1374km2, and a population of 50,000 in 2004. The postal code is 742400. The county seat is located in Chengguan Town. In 2017 it was the poorest county in Gansu.[1]

Liangdang is best known in China for an April 1932 uprising launched by Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping.[2]

Administrative divisions

Liangdang County is divided to 6 towns and 6 townships.

Towns:

Towns upgraded from townships:

  • Zhan'erxiang (Chinese: 站儿巷镇)
  • Xipo (Chinese: 西坡镇)
  • Yangdian (Chinese: 杨店镇)
  • Xianlong (Chinese: 显龙镇)
  • Yunping (Chinese: 云屏镇)
Townships:
  • Zuojia Township(Chinese: 左家乡)
  • Yuchi Township(Chinese: 鱼池乡)
  • Xinghua Township(Chinese: 兴化乡)
  • Zhangjia Township(Chinese: 张家乡)
  • Taishan Township(Chinese: 泰山乡)
  • Jindong Township(Chinese: 金洞乡)

Former townships:

  • Taiyang Township(Chinese: 太阳乡)
  • Guangjin Township(Chinese: 广金乡)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: zh-hans . https://3g.163.com/ent/article/CUNGD5BQ0519E9KS.html . zh:甘肃最穷的三个县, 你的家乡上榜了吗?. 19 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028210055/https://3g.163.com/ent/article/CUNGD5BQ0519E9KS.html. 28 October 2017.
  2. Web site: 两当兵变.