Dangshan County () is a county in the far north of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of

Suzhou Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trad ...

city. It is famous for fruits (

pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the Family (biology), family Rosacea ...

, peach, plum and watermelon).

Administrative divisions

Dangshan County administers 13

towns 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 or ...

and 3 other township-level divisions.

Towns

Dangshan County's 13 towns are as follows:

Other township-level divisions

Dangshan County has the following 3 areas which function as township-level divisions:

Climate

Economy

Dangshan calls itself "China's pear capital", and is home to the ‘Dangshan Su’ pear variety. Pears and other fruits are canned and juiced, both domestically and for export. A disabled young woman entrepreneur has increased local pear sales by selling online.

Transportation

The

Dangshan South railway station Dangshan South railway station () is a railway station of Zhengzhou–Xuzhou High-Speed Railway in Dangshan County, Suzhou, Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the ...

of the

Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway, or Zhengxu Passenger Dedicated Line, is a high-speed rail line operated by China Railway Shanghai Group and China Railway Zhengzhou Group, connecting the cities of Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan ...

opened in 2016.

References

County-level divisions of Anhui Suzhou, Anhui {{Suzhou, Anhui-geo-stub