Zhengning County is a
county in the east of
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, China, bordering
Shaanxi province to the east and south. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city of
Qingyang
Qingyang () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China.
Geography and climate
Qingyang is the easternmost prefecture-level division of Gansu and is thus sometimes referred to as "Longdong" (). It forms an administrative penins ...
. Its postal code is 745300, and its population in 1999 was people.
It was established in 420 AD during the
Northern Wei dynasty as Yongzhou County. In 598 during the
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...
it became Luochuan County, named after the county seat Luochuan. By the
Tang dynasty it was named Zhenning County, and received the current name Zhengning during the
Qing dynasty.
In 1635, rebel leader
Li Zicheng fought a battle against
Ming dynasty general Cao Wenzhao (
:zh:曹文诏) in Zhengning.
Economy
Zhengning County's important agriculture products are tobacco, green onion and apples. It also has several coal mines.
Administrative divisions
Zhengning County is divided to 8 towns and 2 townships. The county government is located in Shanhe town. Until 1930, it was governed from Luochuan ().
In 2005 Luochuan was abolished as a township and placed under Yonghe town.
;Towns
;Townships
* Wuqingyuan Township()
* Sanjia Township()
Climate
See also
*
List of administrative divisions of Gansu
References
External links
Official website (Chinese)
Zhengning County
Qingyang
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