Zaoyuan Subdistrict () is a

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in Baota District,

Yan'an Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...

Shaanxi Province 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), Ningx ...

, China. The subdistrict had a population of 15,835 as of 2010.

History

Zaoyuan hosted the

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from October 1943 to March 1947. In 1972, the Zaoyuan People's Commune () was established, as part of the nationwide campaign of establishing

people's communes The people's commune () was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were divi ...

. When people's communes were abolished in 1984, Zaoyuan was re-designated as a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

. In 1998, Zaoyuan was upgraded from a township to a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

. In June 2015, the Shaanxi Ministry of Civil Affairs upgraded Zaoyuan from a town to a

Geography

Zaoyuan Subdistrict is located to the west of the city center of

Administrative divisions

Zaoyuan Subdistrict administers 2 residential communities () and 12 administrative villages (). * Zaoyuan Community () * Peizhuang Community () * Zaoyuan Village () * Yangya Village () * Houjiagou Village () * Peizhuang Village () * Suancigou Village () * Zhangtianhe Village () * Miaogou Village () * Mojiawan Village () * Shangbiangou Village () * Yandianze Village () * Wenjiagou Village () * Xiabiangou Village ()

Demographics

Per the

2010 Chinese Census The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國第六次全國人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China wi ...

, Zaoyuan had a population of 15,835. This is up from the 14,363 recorded in the

2000 Chinese Census The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calcula ...

, and a 1996 estimate of 7,000.

Transportation

The

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runs through the

, as do Shaanxi Provincial Highways 206 and 303.

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