Ningqiang County () is a county and both the southwesternmost and westernmost

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there a ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

province, China, bordering both

Sichuan 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 ...

and

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

. It is under the administration of

Hanzhong Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west. The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was once enfeoffed as the ...

City. The source of the Han River is located in the county. Ningqiang is one of the counties with a sizable number of Qiang and Yi minorities. As a result of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, 500 buildings in the county collapsed and seven people were killed, making it the worst hit area in Shaanxi.

Administration

The county executive, legislature and

judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

are in Hanyuan Subdistrict (); though like many shiretowns it is conventionally also known as ''Chengguan'' (), together with the CPC and PSB branches. ;Subdistricts () * Hanyuan Subdistrict (), county seat * Gaozhaizi Subdistrict () ;Towns () the County oversees sixteen other towns.

Climate

Transport

Ningqiang is served by the

Yangpingguan Yangpingguan () is a town in central Ningqiang County, in southwestern Shaanxi province, China. The town has an area of , in which there are 1 residential community () and 20 villages holding a total population of 26,000.(Chinese"阳平关镇" ' ...

Railway Station (阳平关站), which marks the start of the

Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway The Yangpingguan–Ankang railway or Yang'an railway (), is a single-track, electrified railroad in China between Yangpingguan and Ankang in southern Shaanxi Province. The line, in length, follows the upper reaches of the Han River and was ...

, and the Ningqiangnan Railway Station (宁强南站), which is part of the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway line, opened in 2017. The G5 Beijing-Kunming expressway and

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both pass through Ningqiang.

References

External links

Ningqiang County Official Website
County-level divisions of Shaanxi Hanzhong {{Shaanxi-geo-stub