| Zitong County | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Coordinates: | 31.643°N 105.171°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sichuan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mianyang |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Area Total Km2: | 1438 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 309000 |
Zitong County is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang.
It has an area of 1438km2, and a population of in 2002. Its seat is 172km (107miles) from Chengdu, and 49km (30miles) from Mianyang. It was made a county .
Famous people include: Sima Xiangru, Pu Fuzhou, Hai Deng, Li Youxing.
Zitong County comprises 15 towns and 1 township:[2]
Zitong has three historical sites listed in the official list of Chinese national historic sites.:[3]
Zitong, like neighbouring counties, was located near the epicentre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[4] Infrastructures in Zitong was partly destroyed, and drinking water was not available.
Also the Qiqushan Temple, who is since 1996 on the official list of Chinese national historical sites was partly destroyed by the earthquake.[5]