Jintang County is a
county
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of
Sichuan Province
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
,
China, 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
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...
, the provincial capital.
Geography
Jintang is bordered by the
prefecture-level
cities
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of
Deyang
Deyang () is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan province, China. Deyang is a largely industrial city, with companies such as China National Erzhong Group and Dongfang Electric having major operations there. The city is rich in history, with the ...
to the north and east and
Jianyang to the south.
History
In the 19th century, Jintang County was regarded as producing the best
tobacco
Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...
in Sichuan after nearby
Pidu District
Pidu District formerly known as Pi County or Pixian is one of 11 District (China), urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It was approved from the former Pi County by the ...
.
Administrative divisions
Jintang is subdivided in 6 subdistricts and 10 towns:
Subdistricts
* Zhaodao subdistrict (赵镇街道)
* Guancang subdistrict (官仓街道)
* Qixian subdistrict (栖贤街道)
* Gaoban subdistrict (高板街道)
* Baiguo subdistrict (白果街道)
* Huaikou subdistrict (淮口街道)
Towns
* Wufeng (五凤镇)
* Sanxi (三溪镇)
* Fuxing (福兴镇)
* Jinlong (金龙镇)
* Zhaojia (赵家镇)
* Zhugao (竹篙镇)
* Zhuanlong (转龙镇)
* Tuqiao (土桥镇)
* Yunhe (云合镇)
* Youxin (又新镇)
Climate
Notes
References
;Citations
;Bibliography
* .
External links
Government website(Simplified Chinese)
(Simplified Chinese)
Geography of Chengdu
County-level divisions of Sichuan
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