Population density: 149 people/km2
Zhenyuan County is located in the southwestern part of the Qingyang area of Gansu Province, neighboring the revolutionary resort of Yan'an to the east, overlooking the ancient capital of Xi'an of the Six Dynasties to the south, and connecting the provincial capital of Lanzhou to the west, and the Pearl of the Seas Yinchuan to the north. County *** jurisdiction 7 towns and 17 townships 215 administrative villages 2008 natural villages, with a total area of 3,500 square kilometers, a total population of 519,800 (2005), of which, the agricultural population of about 480,000, 6 ethnic minorities, including Hui, Wei, Mongolia, Salar, Tibetans, Hezhe, ****51 households 241 people.
Administrative divisions
Zhenyuan County has 7 towns and 12 townships: Chengguan Township, Tunzhi Township, Mengba Township, Sanqiao Township, Pingquan Township, Kaibian Township, Taiping Township. Linjing Township, Nanchuan Township, Shangxiao Township, Xinji Township, Fangshan Township, Yinjiacheng Township, Maqu Township, Miaogu Township, Wugou Township, Guoyuan Township, Zhongyuan Township, Xincheng Township.
History
Zhenyuan, which belonged to Yongzhou in ancient times and Beidi County in Qin, is located on the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and north of the Jingshui River, which is the ancient soil of Huaxia. Various generations are set up here in the fiefdom, commissioned by the officials and herdsmen. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Beidi County was divided into 21 counties under the jurisdiction of Anding County, Linjing County is one of them, the Northern Wei Dynasty set up the original state (jurisdiction of today's Zhenyuan, Pingliang and Ningxia's Panyang, Gouyuan area), the Tang Dynasty built Linjing City, Linjing County for the rule of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the original state rule here, and later became the Zhenyuan Prefecture state rule. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhenyuan Prefecture was changed into a county and Linjing County was abolished. In the early years of the Republic of China, Zhenyuan County was divided into five districts.
Geography and Transportation
Zhenyuan County is located in the southwestern part of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, bordered by Qingcheng County and Xifeng District to the east, Pengyang County of Ningxia Autonomous Region to the west, Jingchuan County and Kongdong District of Pingliang City to the south, and Huanxian County to the north. The boundary lies between 35°27′ and 36°16′ north latitude and 106°44′ and 107°36′ east longitude. It is 91.24 kilometers long from north to south and 78.3 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total land area of 3,500 square kilometers and a total cultivated area of 1,690,000 mu, or 3.5 mu per capita. Within the territory, there are both mountainous and loess areas, with mountainous areas accounting for more than 68% of the total arable land. The average altitude is 1500 meters, the annual rainfall is 400-500mm, and the frost-free period is 150 days.
Zhenyuan County is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in the Loess Plateau of Longdong, remote location. Highway as the only form of transportation, in the country and the provincial and municipal support, after the county's unremitting efforts, the face of transportation has undergone major changes. The county has 641.8 kilometers/21 highways, of which 44 kilometers/1 Chinese highway (G309 line), 135.8 kilometers/5 provincial highways (43.8 kilometers of S303 line, 92 kilometers of S319 line), 240.2 kilometers/7 county roads, 221.89 kilometers/11 township roads. Rural roads 1551 kilometers, including 611.5 kilometers of sand roads above agricultural grade II. According to the technical grade: 3 179.8 kilometers of national and provincial highways, all of which are newly constructed Grade III oil roads, in good condition, with more complete configuration of bridges and culverts as well as protective facilities; of the 21 462 kilometers of county and township highways, 100.75 kilometers of Grade III oil roads, 15.76 kilometers of Grade IV oil roads, 129.45 kilometers of Grade III sand roads, 151.31 kilometers of Grade IV sand roads, and 54.82 kilometers of equal and external roads. All 19 townships in the county are connected with grade roads, and the rate of connected roads is 100%. 13 townships are connected with oil roads, and the rate of connected oil roads is 68.4%. 45 administrative villages are connected with oil roads, and the rate of connected oil roads in administrative villages is 21%. The county highway density of 18.34 kilometers / 100 square kilometers.
Economic situation
Zhenyuan is the hometown of Huaxia, with a long history, outstanding people, fertile soil and flat land, rich in resources, was once an important part of the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area. Grain crops are mainly wheat, corn, sorghum, millets, beans, potatoes; cash crops are mainly yellow flowers, baking tobacco, oilseeds, medicinal herbs, peppers, etc.; apricots, apples, watermelons, peaches, jujube, pears and other fruits are famous, especially yellow flowers, apricots for the most. Yellow cauliflower is famous throughout the country, fragrant, was named by the State Ministry of Foreign Trade "Zhenyuan Golden Needle"; apricot products in a wide range of categories, unique flavor, production ranks second in the country, known as the "red apricot township" reputation; tobacco quality and color yellow, rich flavor, was designated as the national commodity Tobacco production base county; livestock products to leather, wool, cashmere, etc. more famous; oil and other mineral resources, rich reserves, broad prospects for development.
In recent years, Zhenyuan County around the renewal of agricultural products, vigorously develop apricot, yellow flowers, grass and livestock three pillar industries. Apricot: accelerate the construction of high-quality apricot base, growing leading enterprises, improve the processing capacity of apricot products, new product processing and preservation production line. Yellow flowers: cultivate high-quality varieties, set up leading enterprises, extend the industrial chain, the implementation of industrialized management. Grass animals: establish beef cattle breeding ground and straw sheep demonstration base, expand the existing cattle and mutton production line, new alfalfa grass series products processing plant. At present, the county's apricot products enterprises have developed to 110 households, with an annual output of 16,000 tons of apricot products, output value of 112.5 million yuan, to achieve sales income of 90 million yuan. The development of apricot series products are apricot meat, apricot dried, licorice apricot and other three categories of more than 20 kinds of, has won the domestic and international 26 awards; Huanghua county retention area has now reached 247,600 acres, with an annual output of 6,000 tons of dried vegetables, output value of 42 million yuan, per capita income of Huanghua 90 yuan, the annual processing and sales capacity of more than 4,000 tons, more than 2 million yuan of foreign exchange earnings; grass-animal resources are abundant, the county's rearing capacity has now reached 151,000 heads, the size of the county, the county has been the first time in the past year. The rich resources of grass and livestock, the county's rearing capacity has now reached 151,000 heads, 5,000 large-scale breeding households to alfalfa-based perennial grassland retention area of 500,000 acres, per capita net income from animal husbandry to reach 150 yuan. 2004 GDP reached 840 million yuan, an increase of 11.7%; social investment in fixed assets reached 428 million yuan, an increase of 36.7%; the local financial income of 60.88 million yuan, up 20%. 20%, but the total expenditure of transfer payments accounted for 90.7%. 2005, Zhenyuan County, market-oriented, make full use of regional resource advantages, according to local conditions, comprehensive development, cultivate the formation of the Tuenji loess advantage of apples, the Pingquan loess livestock and poultry farming, Ruhe Honghe River area advantage of baking cigarettes, the northern townships and townships of the yellow flowers, apricots, forage, medicinal herbs, small grains production bases in the pattern of industrialization.
Social undertakings
Since the reform and opening up, Zhenyuan County vigorously implement the "science and education strategy". 1999, the county realized the "basic illiteracy in addition to the young and middle-aged" and "the basic universalization of nine years of compulsory education" goal; in 2004, the development of schools of all levels and types of 355, more than 100,000 students, 41 primary and secondary schools built computer classrooms, 130 primary and secondary schools installed modern distance education equipment. Since the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, the county has sent 22,000 students to colleges and universities across the country, and 31 students were admitted by Tsinghua University and Peking University, which has reproduced the glorious image of "education county". Medical and health care is developing rapidly. County hospitals are equipped with ultrasound machines, automated analyzers, Japan's imported automatic hemocytometer and other modern equipment. 2002, Zhenyuan County set up a disease prevention and control centers to monitor the prevalence of infectious diseases, but also free of charge to provide drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. Meanwhile, national fitness activities are flourishing. Whether in the small farmhouse, or institutional compound, you will see cadres and masses of people working feverishly to carry out sports activities. 2000 Provincial Games, Zhenyuan County conveyed athletes won five gold medals, accounting for 78% of the city's total number of gold medals. Over the years, more than 10 people over the breakthrough, reaching the national level athletes level of 4 people. Open side high school graduates Zhang Dehong, in 1990 on behalf of our country in Belgium to participate in the World Secondary School Athletics Games, throwing the discus 4th place good results. In addition, Zhenyuan County is also known as "cultural county". Zhou copper sword, Qin Zhao version of the domestic rare, "the hometown of painting and calligraphy" reputation, folk art is simple and elegant, especially paper-cutting, embroidery is striking, doubly favored by friends at home and abroad. Linjing rural women Qi Xiumei is renowned at home and abroad as a master of the art of paper-cutting, whose works are collected by the people of France, Japan, Italy and other countries.
Ranking of counties and districts with communication influence on rural revitalization in 2020 was released, and Zhenyuan County was ranked 88th.
In June 2020, Zhenyuan County was included in the list of the second batch of counties in the area of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area (Long March Area (Red First Front Army), Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Area).
In March 2019, Zhenyuan County was included in the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of piece area list of counties (Shaanxi and Gansu Area).