Which province is Pingliang City in?

Pingliang City is in Gansu Province.

Pingliang City, formerly known as Weizhou, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province. Located in the eastern part of Gansu Province, at the intersection of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces (districts), it borders Xianyang, Shaanxi to the east, Dingxi and Baiyin, Gansu to the west, Baoji, Shaanxi and Tianshui, Gansu to the south, Guyuan, Ningxia and Qingyang, Gansu to the north, with a total area of ??11,000 square meters. km. As of October 2022, Pingliang City has jurisdiction over 1 district, 5 counties, and 1 county-level city. As of the end of 2022, Pingliang City has a permanent population of 1.8225 million people.

Pingliang is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation and Chinese civilization. As early as 8,000 years ago, Fuxi, the ancestor of Chinese humanities, was born in Jingning. More than 4,700 years ago, Emperor Xuanyuan asked three questions in Kongtong. Mountain, more than 3,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty created a relatively advanced farming culture in the Jinghe River Basin.

Geographical environment

Pingliang City is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province, at the intersection of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces (regions), across Longshan (Guanshan), adjacent to Xianyang, Shaanxi to the east, and to the west Dingxi and Baiyin in Gansu Province are adjacent to Baoji, Shaanxi and Tianshui, Gansu in the south, Guyuan in Ningxia and Qingyang in Gansu to the north, between 34°54'-35°46' north latitude and 105°20'-107°51' east longitude. It covers an area of ??11,000 square kilometers.

Pingliang City is located to the east of the Helan Fold Belt, the backbone of the "mountain" shaped structure of Qilvhe, and the southern section of the north-south spine of the western edge of the Ordos Platform, from Taitong Mountain to the back of Dadaizi Oblique section.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Pingliang City