Brief introduction of Zhang Xi' an county

Zhang Xi 'an County belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Because of its strategic location, Zhang Xi 'an County is considered as the "western barrier" of the Han Dynasty. In the second year after Tang Dance was granted, it was renamed as Wuyang County, and it was renamed as Zhang Xi 'an County in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty because of "getting water to moisten the land, making the well convenient and enriching the country". 1 Zhangxi' an County, Zhang Xian is located in the south-central part of Gansu Province, at the transition zone between the western Qinling Mountains and the Loess Plateau, with Wushan County in the east, Zhuoni in the west, Minxian County in the south and Longxi County and Weiyuan County in the north, with a total area of 2 164.4 square kilometers and a population of 2,058.76 million, including non-agricultural population 19056. 12 Zhang Xi' an county was named as "the hometown of broad beans in China" and "the hometown of seabuckthorn in China" by the organizing committee for the recommendation and publicity activities of China specialty hometown in September 2002 and June 2065438 respectively. In August 2008, Zhang Xi 'an County was named "Green County of China" by China Environmental Protection Federation, and "China National Climbing Team Training Base" by chinese mountaineering association in 2005. 12013 at 07: 45 on July 22, 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 occurred at the junction of Min County and Zhang County in Gansu Province (34.5 degrees north latitude and 104.2 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 20 kilometers and an earthquake intensity of 8 degrees.