Yuzhong County
Yuzhong County
榆中县 | |
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.png) Location of Yuzhong County (red) in Lanzhou City (yellow) and Gansu | |
  Yongdeng Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 35°50′35″N 104°06′47″E / 35.843°N 104.113°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Lanzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,362 km2 (1,298 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 469,083 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yuzhong County (榆中县) is a county of Gansu Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, one of 58 counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730100, and its population in 1999 was 423,336 people.
During the Jin Dynasty Yuzhong was a center of the Jinchen district located in the Yuzhong county (xian) in the Gansu province.[1]
Educational institutes
Several institutes of higher learning have (one of) their campuses in Yuzhong county.
- Xiaguanying town
- Northwest Minzu University
- Lanzhou University (undergraduate campus)
- Heping town
- Lanzhou Jiaotong University
- Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics
- Lanzhou Vocational College of Foreign Languages
Tourism
Transport
- Highways
- G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway
- G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway
- G2501 Lanzhou Ring Expressway
- China National Highway 312
- China National Highway 309
- Railways
The Chongqing–Lanzhou railway passes through Yuzhong county, but does not have any stations within the county. The Lanzhou Metro is proposed to be extended to Yuzhong.
References
- ^ Liu Junjen, "Zhongguo diming da sidian (Large Dictionary of Chinese geographical names)", Peking, 1930, p. 490
- ^ http://lanzhou.china.org.cn/2013-11/27/content_30722054.htm
See also
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