Yuzhong County
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.
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 | |
| 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) |
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
- Xinglongshan National Nature Reserve[2]
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
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