Huangling County () is a county in the north of

Shaanxi 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), N ...

province, China, bordering Gansu province to the west. It is under the administration 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 China ...

of Yan'an. The county spans an area of , and has a permanent population of 130,100 people as of 2012.

Etymology

The county is named after the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor ().

Administrative divisions

Huangling County is divided into one subdistrict and five towns. The county's sole subdistrict is , and its five towns are , , , , and . The county government is located in Qiaoshan Subdistrict.

Geography

Huangling County is located in the

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approximately north of

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's urban core, and south of Yan'an's. Over 70% of the county is

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ed.

History

Archeoligcal evidence from the ancient Yangshao culture indicates that the area of present-day Huangling County has been inhabited since the Neolithic age. In 221 BCE, the

Qin Dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ; zh, c=秦朝, p=Qín cháo, w=), or Ch'in dynasty in Wade–Giles romanization ( zh, c=, p=, w=Ch'in ch'ao), was the first dynasty of Imperial China. Named for its heartland in Qin state (modern Gansu and Shaanxi), ...

unified a number of small counties in the area under the Shang Commandery. The area was reorganized a number of times before being occupied by the

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in 189 CE. The Jin Dynasty then conquered the area and briefly reorganized it as the . The area of present-day Huangling County would be re-organized a number of times under the

Northern Zhou Dynasty Zhou (), known in historiography as the Northern Zhou (), was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to 581. One of the Northern dynasties of China's Northern and Southern dynasties period, it succeeded the Western Wei dynasty an ...

, the

Tang Dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdom ...

, the

Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

, the

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

, and, ultimately, the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

. During the time of the Republic of China, the area was a part of , one of the three circuits in

. The area would fall under control of the

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by May 1948. Named Huangling County since 1944, the jurisdiction has since underwent a number of restructurings, with its most recent being in 2015.

Economy

In 2011, the county's

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was 8.356 billion Renminbi, which the county government forecasted to increase to 11.86 billion by 2015. The county has an apple-growing area of 210,000 mu, producing an annual output of 270,000 tons of apples. Huangling County has proven

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reserves of 2.7 billion tons, with an annual output of 29 million tons of raw coal. The county also has

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reserves.

Historical sites

The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, built to honor the legendary Yellow Emperor, is located within Huangling County. The complex's structures were built throughout various times in history, with the oldest portions of the mausoleum exceeding 2,000 years in age.

Transportation

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, Gui ...

G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway The Baotou–Maoming Expressway (), designated as G65 and commonly referred to as the Baomao Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, and Maoming, Guangdong. When fully complete, it will be in leng ...

* Xi'an–Yan'an Railway

References

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