Wubu County () is located in the southeastern corner of Yulin City, in the north of

Shaanxi Province 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), Ni ...

, China, and on the western bank of the

Yellow River The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Ha ...

. It is opposite to Shanxi's

Liulin County Liulin ( is a county of western Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province and the Yellow River to the west. It is under the administration of Lüliang city. The county is the site of the Xiangyan Temple (:zh:香严寺 (柳林), zh). Liul ...

and also borders Jia County and Suide County. The typical landscape within the county is loess plateau and drought usually hovers in the area creating serious soil erosion.

Overview

Location: 176 kilometers from Yulin, 260 kilometers from

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) ...

, and 628 kilometers from

Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by other names, is the capital of Shaanxi Province. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong Plain, the city is the third most populous city in Western China, after Chongqi ...

, the capital of the province. Area: 418.5 square kilometers, the smallest county in northern Shaanxi. Population: 80,000 (2002) Code: 610829 Postal code: 718200 Government location: Songjiachuan Town Administrative divisions: four towns and four townships * Towns: Songjiachuan, Koujiayuan, Guojiagou, Xinjiagou * Township: Xuexiacun, Chakou, Gongjiawan, Zhangjiashan

History

The area was used by

Helian Bobo Helian Bobo (; Middle Chinese Guangyun: ; 381–425), né Liu Bobo (劉勃勃), courtesy name Qujie (屈孑), formally Emperor Wulie of Xia (夏武烈帝), was the founding emperor of the Xiongnu-led Hu Xia dynasty of China. He is generally consi ...

to detain the captives of Liu Yu of Song Dynasty of Southern Dynasty. So its former name was Wu'erbu () In

Northern Han Dynasty The Northern Han () was a dynastic state of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was founded by Liu Min (), formerly known as Liu Chong (), and lasted from 951 to 979. Founding of the Northern Han The short-lived state of Later Ha ...

, a stone city was built in Wubu. At present, some buildings from

Ming The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peop ...

and Qing Dynasties are still preserved. Due to the difficulty of water intake on the hill, most residents have moved to the new town at hill foot. Wubu was a part of Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Area during Sino-Japanese War and

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

Administrative divisions

As 2019, Wubu County or Wubao County is divided to 1 subdistricts and 5 towns. ;Subdistricts * Songjiachuan Subdistrict () ;Towns

Climate

Economy

Wubu is an impoverished county. A large-scale high-quality coal mine was discovered in 2005, and remains to be exploited. Other natural resources include coal-derived gas, fluorite, and

phosphates In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid . The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phosph ...

China National Highway 307 China National Highway 307 (G307) runs west from Qikou, Huanghua, Qikou, Hebei towards Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province, and ends in Yinchuan, Ningxia. It is 1,351 kilometres in length. Route and distance See also

* China National Hig ...

and the Tai-Zhong railway pass through the territory. Special local products are red dates and silkworm.

Notable people

* Liu Qing, writer *

Zhang Weiying Zhang Weiying (; born October 1, 1959) is a Chinese economist and was head of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He is known for his advocacy of free markets and his ideas have been influenced by the Austrian School. Biograp ...

, economist

References

External links

Official website of Wubu County
{{authority control County-level divisions of Shaanxi