Zhenyuan County, Gansu Explained

Zhenyuan County
Native Name:Chinese: 镇原县
Other Name:Chenyuan
Postal Code:744500
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Settlement Type:County
Image Map1:Location of Qingyang Prefecture within Gansu (China).png
Map Caption1:Qingyang in Gansu
Coordinates:35.6774°N 107.2008°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gansu
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Qingyang
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Chengguan
Area Total Km2:3500
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:528076
Elevation M:1500
Elevation Max M:1767
Elevation Min M:1011
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Zhenyuan County is a county in the east of Gansu province, China, bordering Ningxia to the west. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qingyang. Its postal code is 744500, and its population in 2018 was 528,076 people.

One of the earliest Paleolithic sites in China, Dongdonggou, was found in Zhenyuan.[1] In the Han dynasty it was established as Linjing County, during the Yuan dynasty it was named Yuanzhou, and during the Ming dynasty it became Zhenyuan County.

Zhenyuan is mostly dependent on cultivation of grains, vegetable oils, melons and vegetables.[2] It also has oil reserves.[3]

In October 2019, the Zhenyuan County Library posted images of book burning of 65 books from the library. The post attracted significant controversy on Chinese social media.[4] [5]

Administrative divisions

Zhenyuan County is divided to 13 towns and 6 townships.[6]

Towns
  • Chengguan (Chinese: 城关镇)
  • Tunzi (Chinese: 屯字镇)
  • Mengba (Chinese: 孟坝镇)
  • Sancha (Chinese: 三岔镇)
  • Pingquan (Chinese: 平泉镇)
  • Kaibian (Chinese: 开边镇)
  • Taiping (Chinese: 太平镇)
  • Linjing (Chinese: 临泾镇)
  • Xincheng (Chinese: 新城镇)
  • Shangxiao (Chinese: 上肖镇)
  • Xinji (Chinese: 新集镇)
  • Maqu (Chinese: 马渠镇)
  • Miaoqu (Chinese: 庙渠镇)
Townships
  • Nanchuan Township(Chinese: 南川乡)
  • Fangshan Township(Chinese: 方山乡)
  • Yinjiacheng Township(Chinese: 殷家城乡)
  • Wugou Township (Chinese: 武沟乡)
  • Guoyuan Township(Chinese: 郭原乡)
  • Zhongyuan Township (Chinese: 中原乡)

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 洞洞沟遗址-遗产数据库 -. 2021-05-05. silkroads.org.cn.
  2. Web site: 能量中国-NGO名录-公益组织名录-NGO中心-中国发展简报网站. 2021-03-10. chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn.
  3. Web site: 镇原县人民政府 >> 走进镇原 >> 镇原简介. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007055320/http://www.gszy.gov.cn/Html/ShowClass.asp?ClassID=11. 7 October 2011. 2021-03-10.
  4. News: Wu. Huizhong. 2019-12-10. Local Chinese library burns books in clean-up drive. en. Reuters. 2021-03-10.
  5. Web site: 观察者网. 2019-12-08. 甘肃镇原县图书馆集中"焚书"引关注 官方回应. 2021-03-10. news.sina.com.cn.
  6. Web site: 统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn . XZQH . zh . 2020-12-27.