Wudu District () is a

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and the political and cultural center of

Longnan Longnan ( zh, t= , s= , p=Lǒngnán , l="south of Mount Long") is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province in China. It borders Sichuan on its south and Shaanxi on its east. As of the 2020 Chinese census, the population of the ...

Gansu Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...

province, China. It borders the provinces of

Shaanxi province Shaanxi is a 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 the west. Shaanxi ...

and

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

to the southeast. It has a population of 546,616 as of the 2020 census, of which a portion lives in the urban area. Located along the

Bailong River The Bailong River () or Khuchu, Drukchu () is a 576km-long river in the Yangtze River basin. From its source to confluence with the Jialing River, the Bailong is actually longer and is thus the main stem of the Jialing River system. The scenic Jiu ...

near the borders with

and

, it has been the site of numerous historic battles. A settlement has existed at the current district seat since at least 448. It was named Wuzhou (武州) in 572 and Jiezhou in 892. From 1260 it was part of

, becoming part of Gansu in 1729. In 1913, Wudu County was established. The current district was established from Wudu County in 2004. The epicenter of the

1879 Gansu earthquake The 1879 Gansu earthquake occurred at about 04:00 local time on 1 July. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.0 on the scale and a maximum perceived intensity of XI (''Extreme'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter was in Wudu District in ...

was located in the district. Wudu is a tourist destination in Gansu, receiving over 2 million tourists in 2016. The Wanxiang cave is located 10 km from the district seat. Its agricultural output includes

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cultivation, traditional Chinese medicine crops and

Sichuan pepper Sichuan pepper (, also known as Sichuanese pepper, Szechuan pepper, Chinese prickly ash, Chinese pepper, Mountain pepper, and ''mala'' pepper, is a spice commonly used in Sichuan cuisine in China, Bhutan and in northeast India. It is called mej ...

Administrative divisions

Wudu District is divided into 4 subdistricts, 26 towns, 8 townships, and 2 ethnic townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Townships ;Ethnic townships * Pingya Tibetan Ethnic Township () () * Moba Tibetan Ethnic Township ()

Transport

China National Highway 212 China National Highway 212 (G212) runs from Lanzhou in Gansu to Chongqing. It was originally 1302 kilometres in length. In the 2013 National Highway Network Planning it was extended to Longbang, Guangxi, on the border with Vietnam. After the ...

* China National Highway 345 *

G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway The Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway (), designated as G75 and commonly referred to as the Lanhai Expressway (), is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Lanzhou, Gansu, and Haikou, Hainan. When fully complete, it will be in length. It is ...

G8513 Pingliang–Mianyang Expressway The G8513 Pingliang–Mianyang Expressway (), commonly referred to as the Pingmian Expressway (), is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Pingliang, Gansu and Mianyang, Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occ ...

* Chongqing–Lanzhou railway

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Wudu District Wudu District () is a district and the political and cultural center of Longnan, Gansu province, China. It borders the provinces of Shaanxi province and Sichuan to the southeast. It has a population of 546,616 as of the 2020 census, of which a po ...

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Administrative divisions

Transport

See also

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