Ansai () is a district of the city of

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 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), N ...

province, China. It has a total area of and a population of 172,900 people. Part of the

Loess Plateau The Chinese Loess Plateau, or simply the Loess Plateau, is a plateau in north-central China formed of loess, a clastic silt-like sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. It is located southeast of the Gobi Desert and is surrounde ...

, the district has an average elevation of . Its postal code is 717400, and its Serial Number is 610624.

Administrative divisions

Ansai District administers three subdistricts and eight

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Subdistricts

Ansai has jurisdiction over the following 3 subdistricts: * () *

Jinming Subdistrict Jinming District was a district of Henan, China. It was under the administration of Kaifeng city. In 2005 it was merged with Longting District Longting District () is a district of the city of Kaifeng Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city ...

() * Baiping Subdistrict ()

Towns

Ansai has jurisdiction over the following 8 towns: * () *

Yanhewan Yanhewan (), is a town in Ansai District, Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. The town spans an area of . According to the 2010 Chinese Census, Yanhewan has a population of 14,499. History Dynastic China In the early 7th century, during the Tang dynast ...

() * () * () * () * () * () * ()

Geography

The district, located in the

, is largely hilly, with its elevation ranging from to in height. The main rivers of the district are the

Yan River The Yan River () is a river in Shaanxi, China. The river flows from its source, the Xingzi River () in Jingbian County, in the prefecture-level city Yulin, and then flows through neighboring Yan'an, finally flowing into the larger Yellow River i ...

, the Xingzi River, the Xichuan River, the Xiaochuan River, the Xiaogou River, and the Shuangyang River.

Climate

The district has an average temperature of , an average annual rainfall of , and experiences an average of 2,395.6 hours of sunshine per year.

Economy

Ansai is a traditionally agricultural district where

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livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to ani ...

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus '' Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancest ...

apricot An apricot (, ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus '' Prunus''. Usually, an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are al ...

s are produced. Key natural resources in the district include

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iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in ...

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms w ...

gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywa ...

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and

fire clay Fire clay is a range of refractory clays used in the manufacture of ceramics, especially fire brick. The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines fire clay very generally as a "mineral aggregate composed of hydrous silicates of alumi ...

Culture

Ansai's cultural heritage includes typical

Shanbei Shaanbei () or Northern Shaanxi is the portion of China's Shaanxi province north of the Huanglong Mountain and the Meridian Ridge (the so-called "Guanzhong north mountains"), and is both a geographic as well as a cultural area. It makes up the so ...

folk art. There is a tradition of

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, the painting of farmers, clay crafts, waist drums, and

folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...

s. Ansai's drum music has long been famous. A large number of folk art items are stored in the district office. Ansai is part of the

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base in northern

, with several schools in the south suburb of Yan'an.

Transport

The G65 Baomao Expressway, Shaanxi Highway 206, and Shaanxi Highway 303 pass through the district. The

Yanwu Expressway The Yanwu Expressway (), also known as the Yan'an-Wuqi Expressway (), or the Yan'an-Zhidan-Wuqi Expressway (), or Shaanxi Provincial Expressway S16 () is an expressway in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. The route traverses the hills of the Loess Platea ...

, an expressway connecting Ansai District to nearby

Wuqi County Wuqi County () is a county under the jurisdiction of Yan'an City, in the northwest of Shaanxi Province, China, bordering Gansu province to the southwest. The county spans an area of , and has a population of 145,600 as of 2012. Administrative ...

, begins in the town of

in Ansai District. In August 2012, a

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into a tanker carrying

methanol Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the formula C H3 O H (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). It is ...

, killing 36 people and injuring 3.

References

External links

Agricultural Information WebsiteAnsai Online
Districts of Shaanxi Yan'an {{Shaanxi-geo-stub