Lueyang County, or Lüeyang County (), is a county of

Hanzhong Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west. The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was once enfeoffed as the ...

, in the southwest of

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

province, China, bordering

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 to the north and west and located on the upper reaches of the

Jialing River The Jialing River, formerly known by numerous other names, is a major tributary of the Yangtze River in the Sichuan Basin. It is named after the Jialing Valley in Feng County, Shaanxi through which it flows. The Jialing River's most notable c ...

. It was first founded in 111 BC. As a result of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, 95% of buildings in the county seat were damaged. In August 2020, the county seat was flooded by the Jialing River.

Economy

Formerly home to heavy industry, nowadays the local economy lags behind the rest of Shaanxi province. In 2014, 41% of the population lived in absolute poverty. Lueyang is an important agricultural base for

Eucommia ''Eucommia'' is a genus of small trees now native to China, with a fossil record that shows a much wider distribution. The single living species, ''Eucommia ulmoides'', is near threatened in the wild, but is widely cultivated in China for its ...

tree, walnuts, black mushroom and

Shiitake The shiitake (alternate form shitake) (; ''Lentinula edodes'') is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is now cultivated and consumed around the globe. It is considered a Medicinal fungi, medicinal mushroom in some forms of tradition ...

Administrative divisions

As 2019, Lueyang County is divided to 2 subdistricts and 15 towns. ;Subdistricts * Xingzhou Subdistrict (), county seat * Hengxianhe Subdistrict () ;Towns

Climate

Transport

Baoji–Chengdu railway The Baoji–Chengdu railway or Baocheng railway (), is a mixed single- and double-track, electrified, railroad in China between Baoji in Shaanxi province and Chengdu in Sichuan province. The Baocheng Line is the main railway connection between ...

China National Highway 345 China National Highway 345 runs from Qidong in Jiangsu to Nagqu in Tibet. Its exact length is not known yet, as parts of the route are still under planning, but once completed it will be around 3000 km long. It is one of the new trunk highways ...

G7011 Shiyan–Tianshui Expressway The Shiyan–Tianshui Expressway (), designated as G7011 and commonly referred to as the Shitian Expressway () is an expressway that connects Shiyan, Hubei, China and Tianshui, Gansu. It is a spur of G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway. Overview Hube ...

References

External links

Official website of Lueyang County Government
County-level divisions of Shaanxi Hanzhong {{Shaanxi-geo-stub