Jingchuan County () is county under jurisdiction of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...

of Pingliang, in the east of

Gansu Province Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

, China, bordering

Shaanxi Province Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), ...

to the southeast. It has a land area of 1,486 square kilometers. The county is named after the Jing River. In 2020 it had a population of 356,200, over 300,000 of whom in the rural area.

History

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Under the name Jingzhou, Jingchuan was formerly the seat of Gansu's Jing Prefecture. The site of former Jingzhou is near the county seat of Jingchuan. The ancient city was built starting in the period of the Western Han Dynasty and abandoned in the early

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

. Parts of the old city are still preserved. During the

Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China (ROC), between 1912 and 1949, was a sovereign state recognised as the official designation of China when it was based on Mainland China, prior to the relocation of its central government to Taiwan as a result of the C ...

period it was renamed from Jing County to Jingchuan to avoid confusion with Anhui's Jing County which shared the same name. Since 1983, Jingchuan has been a model county for reforestation of the Loess Plateau. It is a key county in the

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Economy

Jingchuan is a large producer of apples, in 2015 it cultivated 400,000 tons of fruit, mostly Fuji apples. Other agricultural produce includes carrots, cabbage, and persimmon.

Administrative divisions

Jingchuan County is divided to 1 subdistrict, 11 towns, 3 townships and 1 other. The seat of government is Chengguan Town. ;Subdistricts * Chengshishequ () ;Towns -Towns are upgraded from Township. ;Townships * Luohandong Township() * Jingming Township() * Honghe Township () ;Others * Zhanglaosi Farm()

Climate

Transport

* China National Highway 312 *

G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway The Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway (), designated as G22 and commonly referred to as the Qinglan Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Qingdao, Shandong, China, and Lanzhou, Gansu. It is in length. This expressway is sometimes ...

Xi'an–Pingliang railway The Xi'an–Pingliang Railway is a railway line in China connecting Xi'an in Shaanxi and Pingliang in Gansu, China. The line is 266 km long and has 22 stations. The railway was a key railway construction project under the 11th Five-Year Plan ...

References

External links

Official website of Jingchuan County
{{authority control County-level divisions of Gansu Pingliang