Pingchuan District () is a district of the city of
Baiyin
Baiyin () is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Gansu province, People's Republic of China. Established in the 1950s as a base for mining non-ferrous metals, its mines are becoming exhausted in recent decades, requiring the city to reinvent ...
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Gansu province, China. It is located about 65 km northeast of Baiyin city centre. The district was established in 1985, being part of
Jingyuan County before then.
Economy
It is a major centre for coal production in Gansu, producing over 12 million tonnes of coal annually. Pingchuan is also rich in clay deposits, and has a large ceramics industry, outputting US$81 million a year.
Until 2019, Pingchuan was designated a 'poverty-stricken county' by the Gansu provincial government.
Administrative divisions
Pingchuan is subdivided in the following 4 subdistricts, 5 towns and 2 townships:
;4 Subdistricts
;5 Towns
;2 Townships
* Zhongtian Township ()
* Fuxing Township ()
Culture
;Food
* Black donkey meat hotpot
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Liangpi
Liangpi () is a Chinese dish composed of cold skin noodles made from wheat or rice flour. It is a specialty dish originating from the cuisine of Shaanxi Province, but has now spread throghout all of China. In northwestern areas of China, it is o ...
* Saozi noodles
* Lamb meat dishes
Transport
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G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
The Beijing–Tibet Expressway (), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (), also known as Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingla Expressway; ) or China National Expressway 6, is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to ...
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China National Highway 109
China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa. It runs westwards from Beijing via Datong, Yinchuan and Xining to Golmud before turning southwest to Lhasa. The portion of the highway from Xining to Lhasa is known as the Qinghai-Tibet Hig ...
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Honghui railway
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Gansu
Gansu, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constitue ...
References
Official website (Chinese)
Pingchuan District
Pingchuan District () is a district of the city of Baiyin, Gansu province of the People's Republic of China. It is located about 65 km northeast of Baiyin city centre. The district was established in 1985, being part of Jingyuan County befo ...
Baiyin
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