Hanbin District () is a district of the City of

Ankang Ankang ( zh , c = 安康 , p = Ānkāng ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Hubei province to the east, Chongqing municipality to the south, and Sichuan province to the s ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

Province, China and the seat of the city's government. It has a population of 886,393 and an area of 3,645.91 km². With forests covering 68.8% of its land, the district abounds in natural resources and remains a popular destination of tourism in Shaanxi. Between the

Qinling The Qinling () or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China. The mountains mark the divide between the drainage basins of the Yangtze and Ye ...

and the

Daba Mountains The Daba Mountains, also known by their Chinese name as the Dabashan, are a mountain range in Central China between the watersheds of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers. Part of the larger Qinling mountain range, it cuts through four provinces: S ...

, Hanbin District is centrally located in

, bordering the counties Ningshan, Hanyin, and

Ziyang Ziyang ( zh, s=资阳 , t=資陽 , p=Zīyáng , w=Tzu-yang) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province, China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Chengdu to the northwest, Deyang to the north, Suining to the northeast, Chong ...

on the west, Langao and Pingli on the south, Xunyang on the east, and Zhen'an on the north. Three expressways ( G65, G7011, and G4213), three railways ( Yangpingguan-Ankang, Xiangyang-Chongqing, Xi'an-Ankang) and an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

make Hanbin a transportation hub in the Shaannan () region. Human settlement in what is called Hanbin District today dates back to the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

period over 7,000 years ago. In 312 BC, a Xicheng County () was instituted by the Qin state () here, marking the beginning of the area's countyhood. From the 4th century BC to the late 20th century, it was a county under various dynasties and regimes, until being established as a county-level city in 1988, and finally became a district of the prefectural City of Ankang in 2000.

Administrative divisions

As of 2019, Hanbin District is divided to 4 subdistricts and 24 towns. ;Subdistricts ;Towns

References

Districts of Shaanxi Ankang {{Shaanxi-geo-stub