Wushan County, Gansu Explained

Wushan County
Native Name:	Chinese: 武山县
Postal Code:	741300
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Settlement Type:	County
Image Map1:	Location of Tianshui Prefecture within Gansu (China).png
Map Caption1:	Tianshui in Gansu
Coordinates:	34.7214°N 104.8906°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Gansu
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:	Tianshui
Seat Type:	County seat
Seat:	Chengguan
Area Total Km2:	2011
Population As Of:	2017
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Total:	500000
Elevation Max M:	3120
Elevation Min M:	1340
Timezone:	China Standard
Utc Offset:	+8

Wushan County is a county in the east of Gansu Province of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui. Its postal code is 741300, and in 1999 its population was 418,648 people.^[1] The population in 2017 was 500,000 people.^[2]

History

Humans have inhabited the area since at least 38,000 years ago. The county was knows as Xinxing (Chinese: 新兴县) during the Eastern Han Dynasty (188 AD). During the Song dynasty it was named Ningyuan (Chinese: 宁远县). Since the Republic of China it holds the current name.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Wushan County is divided to 13 towns and 2 townships.^[4]

Towns

Chengguan (Chinese: 城关镇) Luomen (Chinese: 洛门镇) Yuanyang (Chinese: 鸳鸯镇) Tange (Chinese: 滩歌镇) Simen (Chinese: 四门镇) Mali (Chinese: 马力镇) Shandan (Chinese: 山丹镇)

Wenquan (Chinese: 温泉镇) Hualin (Chinese: 桦林镇) Longtai (Chinese: 龙台镇) Yupan (Chinese: 榆盘镇) Gaolou (Chinese: 高楼镇) Yanghe (Chinese: 杨河镇)

Townships

• Zuitou Township(Chinese: 咀头乡)
• Yan'an Township (Chinese: 沿安乡)

Economy

Agricultural produce from Wushan are wheat, artichoke, flax, rapeseed, tomato, carrot, Amaranth grain, Codonopsis and Angelica. Iron, copper and molybdenum mines are also present in the county.^[5]

Culture

CuisineWushan food is a mix of Lanzhou, Sichuan and Tibetan cuisine. Specialities from the region are:^{[6] [7]}

• Donut shaped Youtiao
• Pork and beef hotpot
• Barbecue trout
• Liangpi
• Dandan noodles
• Jiaotuan: sticky corn-flour jelly
• Jiangshui (Chinese: 浆水): a kind of sour vegetable soup
• Tianpei: Sweet highland barley dessert
• Fried artichoke balls (Chinese: 洋芋丸子): Deep-fried flour-artichoke balls
• Sanfan (Chinese: 馓饭): glutinous flour soup with beans
• Guanguan tea (Chinese: 罐罐茶) – a kind of tea brewed with rock sugar, jujube, Chinese wolfberry and longan in a clay pot on a fire.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

Notes and References

1. Web site: Other Historical Datasets. people.fas.harvard.edu. 2021-09-09.
2. Web site: 魅力武山_武山县人民政府. wushan.gov.cn. 2021-09-09.
3. News: Overview of Wushan. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028153518/http://www.wushan.gov.cn/mlws/zjws/wsgk. dead. 2021-09-09. 2019-10-28. wushan.gov.cn.
4. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/62/05/620524.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：武山县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.
5. News: Overview of natural resources in Wushan County. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028153426/http://www.wushan.gov.cn/mlws/zjws/zrdl/a01010104/content_89928. dead. 2019-05-08. 2019-10-28. wushan.gov.cn.
6. Web site: Wushan Gourmet . wushan.gov.cn . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028153427/http://www.wushan.gov.cn/mlws/lyws/wsms . 2019-10-28 . live . 2021-09-09.
7. News: Delicious Wushan snacks. https://web.archive.org/web/20191028153426/https://new.qq.com/omn/20190516/20190516A0O2VX.html. dead. 2019-05-16. 2019-10-28. Tencent News.