Minqin County belongs to the city of Wuwei in Gansu Province.
Minqin County, located in the northeastern part of the Hexi Corridor and the lower reaches of the Shiyang River Basin, is bordered by Liangzhou District in the south, connected to Jinchang City in the southwest, and surrounded by the two major deserts of the Batangilin and Tengger in the east, west and north. As of February 2020, the county has a total area of 15,800 square kilometers, with 18 towns and 248 villages under its jurisdiction. According to the seventh population census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the county had a resident population of 178,470 people.
Minqin has a long history, as early as 2,800 years ago, there were human beings living and reproducing, and created a brilliant "manhole culture". In 121 B.C., Huo Daizi led his troops to recover the western part of the river and set up a county here. Republic of China in 17 years (1928), to "simple wind mellow, people work hard" renamed Minqin, Gansu Province is famous for "cultural township", "education county".
Minqin County scenic spots
Rui'an Fortress. Rui'an Fort, commonly known as "Wang Tuan Fort", is located in the town of San Lei San Tao village, was built in the Republic of 27 years (1938). Building sitting north to south, was rectangular, 90 meters long north-south, east-west 56.5 meters wide, covers an area of 5085 square meters, the Fort building area of 2394 square meters. For the national key cultural relics protection units.
Shajing Liuhudun site. Shajing Liu Hu Dun site is the birthplace of Shajing culture, because in 1923 the Swedes Antxon investigation and excavation, the first time in Minqin Shajing Liu Hu Dun site found and named.
The site is located in minqin county xuebai township sand station southwest 6 kilometers in the desert, the distribution area of east-west length 2 kilometers, north-south width of 2 kilometers, the scope of protection and the construction of the control zone for the east-west length of 2 kilometers, north-south width of 2 kilometers, north and west by shiyanghe shajing forest, south by the desert, the northeast side of the xuebai township near the song and the village of the village of forest and the great wall village.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Minqin County for the above