Lu County or Luxian () is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the southeast of
Sichuan Province, China, bordering
Chongqing
ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...
Municipality to the northeast. It is the northernmost
county-level division
The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since 1412, due to mainland China's large population and geographical area. In the People's Republic of China, the constitution provides for three levels of government. Ho ...
of
Luzhou city.
History
Lu County has a history over 2100 years. The county, known anciently as ''Jiangyang'' (), was established in 135 BC during the
Han Dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
.
Administrative divisions
Lu County comprises 1 subdistrict and 19 towns:
;subdistrict:
*Yuchan 玉蟾街道
;towns:
*Fuji 福集镇
*Jiaming 嘉明镇
*Yusi 喻寺镇
*Desheng 得胜镇
*Niutan 牛滩镇
*Zhaoya 兆雅镇
*Xuantan 玄滩镇
*Taifu 太伏镇
*Yunlong 云龙镇
*Shiqiao 石桥镇
*Pilu 毗卢镇
*Qifeng 奇峰镇
*Chaohe 潮河镇
*Yunjin 云锦镇
*Lishi 立石镇
*Baihe 百和镇
*Tianxing 天兴镇
*Fangdong 方洞镇
*Haichao 海潮镇
Geography
Lu County is 105°10′50″105°45′30″E,28°54′40″29°20′00″N. This results in an east–west span of and north–south length of . The county has a total area of .
Population
As of 2006 the county had a population of 1,055,200.
Transport
*
China National Highway 321
Climate
See also
*
Luzhou
References
External links
Luxian Government website
County-level divisions of Sichuan
Luzhou
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