Zhang County or Zhangxian is a
county
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in
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 ...
province of the People's Republic of
China
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. 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
Dingxi. Its postal code is 748300, and its population in 2017 was 198,200 people.
The county has several mineral resources such as rock salt, limestone and andalusite.
Administrative divisions
Zhang County is divided to 10 towns and 3 townships.
;Towns
;Townships
* Maquan Township()
* Wudang Township()
* Dongquan Township()
Climate
See also
*
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 divisions
These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Repub ...
References
Official website (Chinese)
Zhang County
Zhang County or Zhangxian is a county in Gansu province of the People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Dingxi. Its postal code is 748300, and its population in 2017 was 198,200 people.
The coun ...
Dingxi
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