Wuqi County
| Wuqi County 吴起县 | |
|---|---|
| County | |
 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yan'an |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,776 km2 (1,458 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 120,000 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| Licence plates | 陕J |
Wuqi County (simplified Chinese: 吴起县; traditional Chinese: 吳起縣; pinyin: Wúqǐ Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Yan'an City, in the northwest of Shaanxi Province, China, bordering Gansu province to the southwest.
History
An account of Wuqi (Wu Ch'i, in Wade-Giles Romanization) in 1936 can be found in Edgar Snow's "Red Star over China". At the time, it was the main industrial center of the communist-controlled Shaanxi/Gansu/Ningxia borderlands area, This is where the Red Army's arsenal. cloth, uniform, shoe and stockings factories were at the time. As Edgar Snow noted, the arsenal's products were mostly used to arm the Red guerilla fighters, while the regular Red Army units mostly used weapons captured from the enemy (Kuomintang and warlord) troops.[1]
References
- ↑ Edgar Snow, "The Red Star over China". Multiple editions. Part Seven: "En Route to the Front".
Coordinates: 36°58′57″N 108°09′34″E / 36.9825°N 108.15944°E