Jingyuan County ( zh, s=靖远县 , t=靖遠縣 , p=Jìngyuǎn Xiàn) is a
county
A county () is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesL. Brookes (ed.) '' Chambers Dictionary''. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2005. in some nations. The term is derived from the Old French denoti ...
in the east of Gansu Province. It is under the administration of
Baiyin City, and consists of two separate tracts of territory to the north and south of
Pingchuan District. The northern tract borders
Ningxia to the north. The southern area consists of an irrigated area around the
Yellow River
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and the northern area is semi-arid highlands.
The name originated from 'settling down in the borderlands'. Jingyuan belonged to the
Yiqu kingdom, later becoming part of the
Qin state. The county was first established during the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
in 114 BC.
During the
Western Wei
Wei (), known in historiography as the Western Wei (), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei. One of the Northern dynasties during the era of the Northern and Southern dynasties, it ruled the weste ...
it was known as Huizhou (会州), the defensive outpost of
Huining County. It was located at the battleground of the
Northern Song dynasty
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and the
Western Xia. In 1730 the county got its current name. In 1928, Jingyuan was transferred from
Shaanxi
Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...
to Gansu.
Jingyuan has extensive coal reserves, part of the Yaojie Formation, as well as
Palygorskite clay reserves of 1 billion tons.
Administrative divisions
Jingyuan County is divided to 13 towns and 5 townships.
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Climate
Transport
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G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
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China National Highway 109
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China National Highway 247
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Honghui Railway
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Yinchuan–Lanzhou high-speed railway
See also
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List of administrative divisions of Gansu
Gansu, a province of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following administrative divisions.
Administrative divisions
These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Administrative divisions of the People's Repub ...
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Tai'an Village, Beiwan, Jingyuan
References
External links
Official website (Chinese)
Jingyuan County
Baiyin
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