Pingluo County

Pingluo 平罗县
County
Pingluo in Shizuishan
Shizuishan in Ningxia
Coordinates: 38°54′49″N 106°31′24″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Ningxia
Prefecture-level city	Shizuishan
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Pingluo County (simplified Chinese: 平罗县; traditional Chinese: 平羅縣; pinyin: Píngluóxiàn; Wade–Giles: P’ing-luo Hsien) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shizuishan in the north of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and east. It has a total area of 2,608 km² (1,007 sq mi), and a population of approximately 290,000 people.

Characteristics

Situated on the shore of the Yellow River basin, Pingluo County is a well-known agricultural county. Although large and widespread areas of the county consist of low-lying swamps with high salt and alkali content that remain uncultivated, residents still use high-tech methods to undertake agriculture. Today, wheat is the primary crop, because the long sunlight hours in the county are conducive to its cultivation. The county's postal code is 753400.

Administrative divisions

Pingluo County has 7 towns and 3 townships.

7 towns

• Chengguan (城关镇)
• Taole (陶乐镇)
• Chonggang (崇岗镇)
• Yaofu (姚伏镇)
• Touzha (头闸镇)
• Baofeng (宝丰镇)
• Huangquqiao (黄渠桥镇)

3 townships

• Tongfu (通伏乡)
• Qukou (渠口乡)
• Lingsha (灵沙乡)