Longxi County

Longxi County
陇西县
County
Longxi
Location of the seat in Gansu
Coordinates: 35°05′N 104°39′E / 35.083°N 104.650°E / 35.083; 104.650Coordinates: 35°05′N 104°39′E / 35.083°N 104.650°E / 35.083; 104.650
Country People's Republic of China
Province Gansu
Prefecture-level city Dingxi
County seat Gongchang
Area
 • Total 2,408 km2 (930 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 518,700[1]
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code 748100
Area code(s) 0932
Website www.cnlongxi.gov.cn
Longxi County
Traditional Chinese 隴西縣
Simplified Chinese 陇西县

Longxi is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Dingxi in the southeast of Gansu Province, China.

Economy

Longxi's economy is mainly based on agricultural products, (Chinese) medicine production and aluminium products. Among others, Astragalus and Codonopsis is grown and processed into traditional medicine in Longxi.[1]

Tourism

  • Renshou Mountain Forest Park (仁寿山森林公园)
  • Lijia Long palace (李家龙宫)[2]
  • Baochang building (保昌楼)
  • Wenfeng tower (文峰塔)
  • Wenfeng herbal medicine market (文峰药材市场)[3]

Administration

Longxi has nine towns and eight Townships. The county seat is Gongchang.[4]

Towns:

  • Gongchang (巩昌镇)
  • Wenfeng (文峰镇)
  • Shouyang (首阳镇)
  • Caizi (菜子镇)
  • Fuxing (福星镇)
  • Tong'anyi (通安驿镇)
  • Yuntian (云田镇)
  • Biyan (碧岩镇)
  • Mahe (马河镇)

Townships:

  • Weiyang (渭阳乡)
  • Hongwei (宏伟乡)
  • Heping (和平乡)
  • Kezhai (柯寨乡)
  • Shuangquan (双泉乡)
  • Dexing (德兴乡)
  • Yongji (永吉乡)
  • Quanjiawan (权家湾乡)

References

  1. 1 2 陇西中医药介绍.
  2. ↑ "陇西李氏文化网_李家龙宫".
  3. ↑ 中医药产业.
  4. ↑ "Geography of Longxi County" (in Chinese). Longxi County Government website. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

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