Yanchang

This article is about Yanchang County (延长 县) in the prefecture of Ya'an in Shaanxi Province, China. For the street district of the same name Yanchang (盐场 街道) in the Hangu district in the Chinese government-direct city of Tianjin, see Yanchang (Hangu) .

Yáncháng Xiàn 延长 县 Yanchang
Yanchang
Coordinates	36 ° 35 ′  N , 110 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 35 ′  N , 110 ° 0 ′  E
Location of Yanchang County in Yan'an Prefecture
Basic data
Country	People's Republic of China
province	Shaanxi
District-free city	Yan'an
surface	2361 km²
Residents	126,000 (2012)
density	53.4  Ew. / km²
Website	www.yanchangxian.gov.cn

Yanchang ( Chinese  延长 县 , Pinyin Yáncháng Xiàn ) is a district of the prefecture -level city of Yan'an in the north of the Chinese province of Shaanxi . He administers an area of ​​2361.6 square kilometers.

geography

Yanchang is located on the Loess Plateau on the edge of the Ordos Plateau , 47 kilometers east of Yan'an or 280 kilometers north of the provincial capital Xi'an . Its relief slopes from the northwest to the southeast, the area administered by Yanchang is at heights between 488 meters and 1,393 meters above sea level. The district belongs to the catchment area of the Yan He , a tributary of the Yellow River . The climate is continental and dry with large temperature differences between winter and summer and day and night. The annual average temperature is around 10 ° C; Yanchang receives an average of 596 millimeters of precipitation per year.

population

At the end of 2012, Yanchang had a registered population of 158,000 and a resident population of 126,000. The population census of the year 2000 for the then Yanchang County showed a total population of 160,771 people in 40,680 households, of which 85,159 men and 75,612 women.

Administrative structure

At the community level, Yanchang is composed of a street district and seven large communities . These are:

• Qilicun Street District (七里 村 街道 办事处)
• Large municipalities Heijiabao (黑 家 堡镇), Zhengzhuang (郑 庄镇), Zhangjiatan (张家 滩镇), Jiaokou (交 口镇), Leichi (雷 赤 镇), Luozishan (罗 子 山镇), Angou (安 沟镇)

Yanchang's seat of government is located in the Qilicun street district.

Economy and Transport

Yanchang has deposits of oil and coal.

The Yan'an-Yanchang, Yan'an- Luozishan and Weinan - Qingjian highways cross the Yanchang area.

Culture

The former Yanyijing site (Yanyijing jiuzhi 延 一 井 旧址) - mainland China's first oil well from the time of the Qing Dynasty - has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (4-250) since 1996 . In addition, Mao Zedong's residence during the Dongzheng Campaign, Hujiawan Cave, and Lijiawan Kiln are located in Yanchang County.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} 延长 县 概况 地图.行政 区划 网站, June 30, 2016, accessed on July 23, 2019 (Chinese). 
2. ↑ 陕西 省 乡 、 镇 、 街道 人口. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese). 
3. ↑ 延长 县. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese).