Weiyuan County is located in the middle of Gansu Province. It belongs to Dingxi City and is one of the seven counties and districts under the jurisdiction of Dingxi City. The total area is 2065 square kilometers. The total population is 340,000 (2004).
County People's Government is located in Qingyuan Town, with postal code of 748200. Code: 62 1 123. Area code: 0932. Pinyin: Weiyuan County.
administrative division
Weiyuan County governs 8 towns and 8 townships: Qingyuan Town, Huichuan Town, Lianfeng Town, Wuzhu Town, Luyuan Town, Beizhai Town, Xinzhai Town, Majiaji Town, Qiao Yu Township, Daan Township, Chyi Chin Township, Qingping Township, Qijiamiao Township, Shangwan Township, Xiacheng Township and Tianjiahe Township.
Weiyuan County is the birthplace of the ancient Weihe River and one of the birthplaces of ancient culture in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. In 205 BC, the county system was established and named Shouyang County, which belonged to Longxi County, and was renamed Weiyuan County in 55 1 year. Yangshao culture, Majiayao culture and Qijia culture are three ancient cultures with a long history and splendid culture. At the same time, Weiyuan County is located in the transition zone from the end of the West Qinling Mountains to the northern part of the Loess Plateau, with complex terrain, beautiful natural scenery, unique geographical environment and a long history, which constitutes rich tourism resources. At present, there are six tourist attractions 16, including Lianfeng Mountain in Weiheyuan National Forest Park, Tianjing Gorge in Shili Gallery, Taibai Mountain in Cloudy Wonderland, Shuangshimen in Shangri-La, Long Yuan, and Baling Bridge, a unique cantilever pure wood arch bridge built in Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368- 1398). For Weiyuan Travel, please click Weiyuan Travel Network.
Human population
In 2000, Weiyuan County governed 3 towns 17 townships. According to the data of the fifth census, the total population of the county is 336,982. Population of each township (person): Qingyuan Town 38943 Lianfeng Town 2595 1 Huichuan Town 30727 Wuzhu Township 13683 Qiao Yu Township153/Puchuan Township 1890 1 Luyuan. Xiang 13065 Chyi Chin Xiang 102 1 Xinzhai Xiang 13982 Li Jiawan Xiang 7 156 Qingping Xiang 15275 Qijiamiao Xiang 17443 Shangwan Xiang 2088. 8+0 Tianjiahe Township 1 1 176 Yangzhuang Township 1 1324
Brief introduction of Weiyuan county
Weiyuan county, the source of weishui.
It is the birthplace of the ancient Weihe River, located in the middle of Gansu Province and the south of Dingxi City. The county has diverse landforms and is suitable for farming and grazing. The northern part of the county is the loess ridge and gully region, which is dry and has little rain and sparse vegetation. The middle part is a shallow ravine with mild climate and fertile soil, and the south part is a rocky mountain area with cold and wet, with an altitude of 1930-394 1 m. The county has a total area of 2,065 square kilometers and an area of 800,000 mu of cultivated land. The total population is 343,400.
Weiyuan is an agricultural county, known as "the hometown of broad beans" and "the hometown of potato varieties". The crops in the county are mainly wheat, potatoes, broad beans and corn, with an annual planting of more than 300,000 mu of improved potato, which is the supply center of improved potato in all parts of the province and even surrounding provinces. Weiyuan County has the reputation of "Millennium Medicine Capital", which mainly grows many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, such as Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Radix Hedysari, Radix Astragali and so on. More than 200,000 mu of high-quality Chinese herbal medicines are planted every year. Potatoes and Chinese herbal medicines are the most important pillar industries in the county and the main source of farmers' income.
There are more than 0/00 species of wild animals/kloc-in China, and precious animals include musk deer, antelope, red deer, leopard, snow chicken, brown eared pheasant, Qinling fine-scaled fish, salmon and giant salamander. Weiyuan County is the only place in the southern section of the Silk Road. A long history, splendid culture and beautiful natural scenery constitute the unique tourism resources here. There are more than 30 natural landscapes in the county, such as Baling Bridge built during Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, shouyangshan, the second saint of the solitary bamboo country, Lianfeng Mountain and Shimen jathyapple in the provincial forest park, Tianjing Valley, Taibai Sea of Clouds, Shuangmenlang and the same cave of birds and mice.
Weiyuan county has a total area of 2065 square kilometers, with an altitude of 1930m to 394 1m, and the county seat is 2080m above sea level. * * * governs 4 towns, 16 townships, 2 17 villages and 1509 cooperatives. The total population is 340,000. The cultivated land area is 800,000 mu. The annual rainfall is about 400 mm. From the climate characteristics, the county can be divided into three areas: the northern part is an arid mountainous area with little rain, sparse vegetation, large land area and low crop yield; The middle part is the Chuanjiang River Basin, with low altitude, rich light and heat resources and good water and fertilizer conditions. Most of the county's more than 90,000 mu of water surface is concentrated in this area; The south is a cold and humid area with a lot of rainfall, low temperature, less sunshine and good vegetation. Lianfeng Mountain, shouyangshan, Tianjingxia, Taibai Mountain and other tourist attractions are mainly distributed in this area.
Weiyuan county's natural resources mainly include marble, humic acid peat, kaolin, clay and natural secondary forest of more than 400 thousand mu; There are many bracken growing in the southern mountainous area. There are beautiful scenery and many cultural relics here. Baling Bridge has 16 tourist attractions, which were built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and 16 tourist attractions, such as Boyi, the second saint of Guzhuguo, shouyangshan, Shu Qi, Lianfeng Mountain, Weishuiyuan, Qin Changcheng Site, etc. , is a tourist attraction in the province.
In recent years, relying on its geographical advantages, the county has established a number of high-quality and efficient agricultural production bases such as broad beans, potatoes, oilseeds, Chinese herbal medicines, cattle and sheep. The six pillar industries of starch, animal husbandry, fruits, aquatic products, vegetables and Chinese herbal medicines have reached a certain scale, and the county economy has shown a good trend of healthy development.
In June 2020, Weiyuan County was included in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization counties (Long March District (Red Fourth Army)).
On March 5, 20 19, Weiyuan county was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 18.