Liangdang County

Liangdang County

两当县
Liangtang
Liangdang County 两当县 Liangtang
County
	Liangdang Location of the seat in Gansu
	Coordinates: 33°47′55″N 106°23′43″E / 33.79861°N 106.39528°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Longnan
Area
• Total	1,408.73 km2 (543.91 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	50,429
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	742400

Liangdang County (simplified Chinese: 两当县; traditional Chinese: 兩當縣; pinyin: Liǎngdāng Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Longnan City, in the southeast of Gansu Province of China. It has a land area of 1,374 km² (531 sq mi), and a population of 50,000 in 2004. The postal code is 742400. The county seat is located in Chengguan Town. In 2017 it was the poorest county in Gansu.^[1]

Liangdang is best known in China for the April 1932 Liangdang Uprising, launched by Xi Zhongxun.^[2]

Administrative divisions

Liangdang County is divided to 6 towns and 6 townships.

Towns

Chengguan (城关镇)

-Towns are upgraded from Township.

Zhan'erxiang (站儿巷镇
Xipo (西坡镇)
Yangdian (杨店镇)

Xianlong,Yunping (显龙镇)
Yunping (云屏镇)

Townships

Zuojia Township(左家乡)
Yuchi Township(鱼池乡)
Xinghua Township(兴化乡)

Zhangjia Township(张家乡)
Taishan Township(泰山乡)
Jindong Township(金洞乡)

-Former Townships are merged to other.

Taiyang Township(太阳乡)
Guangjin Township(广金乡)

References

^ 甘肃最穷的三个县, 你的家乡上榜了吗? (in Simplified Chinese). 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.
^ "两当兵变".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] 甘肃最穷的三个县, 你的家乡上榜了吗? (in Simplified Chinese). 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.

[2] "两当兵变".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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