Xichuan County
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Xichuan County (Template:Zh) is a county in the southwest of Henan province, China, bordering the provinces of Hubei to the south and Shaanxi to the northwest. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanyang.
Xichuan has an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and a population of 746,000. Both of the Danjiangkou Reservoir and the Central route of South–North Water Transfer Project's canal head are located in Xichuan.[1]
History
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Geography
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Xichuan is located south of Funiu Mountain. The county is about 107 kilometers from northwest to southeast, with a width of 46 kilometers and a total area of 2,798 square kilometers. Xichuan County is a horseshoe-shaped terrain that protrudes to the southeast in the northwest direction. The northwest is a low mountain area, the middle is a hilly area, and the southeast is a hilly and alluvial plain. Danjiangkou Reservoir is located in the south of the county. The northern and northwestern parts of the county belong to the eastern part of the Qinling mountains. On the south side of the Funiu Mountains, the mountain body is roughly east–west. The mountains about 900 meters above sea level extend from north to south. There are the Daba Mountains in the west and southwest of the county. The elevation of the east and west peaks at the junction of Zoumaling and Hubei is 1,033 meters. 1086 meters is the highest peak of the county. The east side of the Danjiangkou Reservoir belongs to the southwestern margin of the Nanyang Basin and is flat and ridge-like.
Climate
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Administrative divisions
Xichuan has 2 subdistricts, 11 towns, and 4 townships:[2]
- Subdistricts
- Longcheng Subdistrict (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Shangsheng Subdistrict (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Towns
- Jingziguan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Laocheng (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Xianghua (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Houpo (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Jiuchong (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Shengwan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Jinhe (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Siwan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Cangfang (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Shangji (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Madeng (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Townships
- Xihuang Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Maotang Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Dashiqiao Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Taohe Township (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Notable people
- Fan Li, the politician and economist of the country in the late Spring and Autumn period.
- Fan Ye, famous historian and essayist in the Southern Song dynasty.
- Fan Zhen, (about 450 years - 515 years), materialist philosopher, atheist.
- Famous poet Chou Meng-tieh was born in Xichuan County in 1921.
References
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- ↑ Template:In lang Profile of Xichuan County, visited on May 29, 2008.
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External links
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