Luochuan County () is a

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in the south of

Yan'an Yan'an; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi Province of China, province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several c ...

City, located in the north of

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province, China. The county has a total area of , and a population of 219,900 as of 2012.

Etymology

The county is named for the Luo River, which passes through the county.

Administrative divisions

Luochuan County is divided into one

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, seven

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, and one

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. The county's sole subdistrict is

Fengqi Subdistrict Fengqi Subdistrict () is a subdistrict in Luochuan County, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. According to the 2010 Chinese Census, Fengqi had a population of 55,096 in 2010. History Present-day Fengqi Subdistrict was once known as Chengguan (), which was ...

, which is home to the county's administrative offices. The county's seven towns are , , , , , , and Yongxiang. The county's sole township is .

Geography

The area is largely hilly, with an average elevation of in height. The Luo River flows through the county from its north to its southeast. The county is approximately to the south of

's urban core, and approximately to the north of

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's urban core.

Climate

Luochuan County has an average annual temperature of , receiving an average annual rainfall of , and an average of 2,525 hours of sunshine annually.

History

After the outbreak of the

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, the

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held a meeting in Luochuan known as the , for the purpose of formulating a plan as to how best repel the Japanese forces. The conference, which took place from August 22 to August 25, 1937 was attended by important figures within the party, such as

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

, and

Zhu De Zhu De; (1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Zhu was born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan. He was adopted by a wealthy uncle at ...

. The conference put forth the ideals of the "Ten Outlines to Resist Japan and Save the Country" proposed by Mao, which outlined how to mobilize and unify the country to fight the Japanese.

Economy

Luochuan County is known for its apple production. In 2010, there were 3.1 mu of apple orchards per capita, the highest ratio in the country. Inspired by a visit to orchards in Japan, the county began promoting a strategy of increased spacing between trees in 2006, which helped yield higher quality apples.

Transportation

A number of important highways run through the county, such as

China National Highway 210 China National Highway 210 (G210) runs from Mandula in Baotou, Inner Mongolia to Fangchenggang, Guangxi. It is 3,097 kilometres in length and runs south from Baotou and passes through the province-level divisions of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, ...

, the G65 Baotou-Maoming Expressway, and Shaanxi Provincial Road 304. The Xi'an-Yan'an Railway also passes through the Luochuan County.

References

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