Dingxi
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dingxi |
| official_name | |
| native_name | 定西市 |
| native_name_lang | zh |
| settlement_type | Prefecture-level city |
| image_skyline | Mountain top view, behind Dingxi Teachers' College.jpg |
| image_caption | Dingxi urban area (Anding District) |
| image_map | Location of Dingxi Prefecture within Gansu (China).png |
| map_caption | Location of Dingxi City jurisdiction in Gansu |
| pushpin_map | Gansu |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the city center in Gansu |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | People's Republic of China |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Gansu |
| seat_type | Municipal seat |
| seat | Anding District |
| leader_title1 | |
| area_total_km2 | 19609.24 |
| area_urban_km2 | 4,225 |
| area_metro_km2 | 4,225 |
| population_as_of | 2020 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 2524097 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_metro | 422383 |
| population_density_metro_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 422383 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| demographics_type2 | GDP |
| demographics2_title1 | Prefecture-level city |
| demographics2_info1 | CN¥ 30.5 billion |
| US$ 4.9 billion | |
| demographics2_title2 | Per capita |
| demographics2_info2 | CN¥ 10,987 |
| US$ 1,764 | |
| timezone | China Standard |
| utc_offset | +8 |
| coor_pinpoint | Dingxi municipal government |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| iso_code | CN-GS-11 |
| :: |
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Dingxi (), also known as Longyou () is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,524,097 inhabitants, of which 422,383 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Anding urban district.
History
Dingxi was important in the development of some of China's earliest cultures, specifically along the Wei River, one of the Yellow River's biggest tributaries. Numerous Neolithic sites from various cultures are found throughout the area.
A series of earthquakes in July 2013 killed at least 95 people and destroyed 120,000 homes.
Geography
Dingxi City is located in central Gansu province, 98 km east of Lanzhou, giving it the nickname the "eastern gateway". The Wei River, a tributary of the Yellow River flows through the district and provides it with the majority of its water. Dingxi is semi-arid, with little precipitation. Even though sunlight here can be intense, temperatures are generally cool. The surrounding terrain is mostly loess hills and ravines in the north and highlands in the south. The area is 20300 km2.
After the Qianlong Emperor period (18th century), the land of Dingxi went from lush grasslands and forests to being severely deforested as a result of war, famines and overpopulation.
Climate
Dingxi has a monsoon- influenced cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) characterised like most of eastern Gansu by warm to very warm, humid summers and freezing, virtually snowless winters. |location = Dingxi (Anding District), elevation 1897 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |collapsed = Y | Jan record high C = 14.6 | Feb record high C = 20.3 | Mar record high C = 26.7 | Apr record high C = 29.6 | May record high C = 31.2 | Jun record high C = 32.0 | Jul record high C = 35.1 | Aug record high C = 34.2 | Sep record high C = 31.0 | Oct record high C = 24.9 | Nov record high C = 20.9 | Dec record high C = 15.4 |Jan high C = 1.4 |Feb high C = 4.8 |Mar high C = 10.3 |Apr high C = 16.8 |May high C = 21.0 |Jun high C = 24.4 |Jul high C = 26.4 |Aug high C = 25.1 |Sep high C = 20.1 |Oct high C = 14.3 |Nov high C = 8.8 |Dec high C = 3.4 |Jan mean C = -6.5 |Feb mean C = -2.2 |Mar mean C = 3.3 |Apr mean C = 9.5 |May mean C = 14.0 |Jun mean C = 17.8 |Jul mean C = 19.8 |Aug mean C = 18.8 |Sep mean C = 14.1 |Oct mean C = 8.1 |Nov mean C = 1.4 |Dec mean C = -4.6 |Jan low C = -12.3 |Feb low C = -7.6 |Mar low C = -2.0 |Apr low C = 3.4 |May low C = 7.8 |Jun low C = 11.9 |Jul low C = 14.4 |Aug low C = 13.7 |Sep low C = 9.5 |Oct low C = 3.5 |Nov low C = -3.7 |Dec low C = -10.1 | Jan record low C = -25.5 | Feb record low C = -22.1 | Mar record low C = -14.8 | Apr record low C = -8.0 | May record low C = -2.8 | Jun record low C = 2.6 | Jul record low C = 4.3 | Aug record low C = 5.0 | Sep record low C = -1.3 | Oct record low C = -10.4 | Nov record low C = -18.1 | Dec record low C = -29.7
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 3.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 4.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 10.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 23.5 |May precipitation mm = 46.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 53.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 69.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 79.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 47.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 29.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 4.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 1.4 |Jan humidity = 59 |Feb humidity = 58 |Mar humidity = 54 |Apr humidity = 51 |May humidity = 54 |Jun humidity = 60 |Jul humidity = 65 |Aug humidity = 68 |Sep humidity = 72 |Oct humidity = 71 |Nov humidity = 64 |Dec humidity = 58 |Jan sun = 197.9 |Feb sun = 184.6 |Mar sun = 209.1 |Apr sun = 229 |May sun = 243 |Jun sun = 235.2 |Jul sun = 236.7 |Aug sun = 218.8 |Sep sun = 165.2 |Oct sun = 171.6 |Nov sun = 189 |Dec sun = 207.7 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 63 | Feb percentsun = 59 | Mar percentsun = 56 | Apr percentsun = 58 | May percentsun = 56 | Jun percentsun = 54 | Jul percentsun = 54 | Aug percentsun = 53 | Sep percentsun = 45 | Oct percentsun = 50 | Nov percentsun = 62 | Dec percentsun = 69 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 8.2 |Feb snow days = 8.3 |Mar snow days = 7.4 |Apr snow days = 2.5 |May snow days = 0.3 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 2 |Nov snow days = 4.9 |Dec snow days = 4.8 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration
Administration
Dingxi has 1 urban district, 6 counties, and 119 towns with a total population of 2,698,622.
::data[format=table] | Map | Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | City proper | | | | | | | | Anding District | 安定区 | zh | 420,614 | 4,225 | 99.55 | | | Rural | | | | | | | | Tongwei County | 通渭县 | zh | 349,539 | 2,899 | 120.57 | | | Longxi County | 陇西县 | zh | 453,259 | 2,657 | 170.59 | | | Weiyuan County | 渭源县 | zh | 324,215 | 2,034 | 159.40 | | | Lintao County | 临洮县 | zh | 507,386 | 2,851 | 177.97 | | | Zhang County | 漳县 | zh | 192,957 | 2,164 | 89.17 | | | Min County | 岷县 | zh | 450,654 | 3,500 | 128.76 | | ::
Economy
Dingxi has been one of the most poverty-stricken regions in Gansu province and China as a whole. Up to 1999, some citizens still lacked food and clothing. Although most of Gansu is arid, in other regions of the province a large portion of farmland is irrigated, whereas in Dingxi this was not the case. Especially after the 1960s, the agricultural output of Dingxi plummeted due to land degradation.
Agriculture and natural resource based industries are the key to Dingxi's economy. There are more than 300 different kinds of Chinese medicinal plants and herbs found in the area. Dingxi's Anding County is China's number one grower of yams. Zanthoxylum (also called Sichuan Pepper or prickly ash fruit), walnuts, wild apricots, and other fruit are some of Dingxi's famous dried exports. Potato is an important crop, and Dingxi has been described as the 'Potato Capital of China'.
Culture
The local Dingxi dialect of Central Plains Mandarin has only three tones instead of the normal four.
Food
- Shouzhuarou, cooked mutton on the bone
- Dingxi Niangpi, a type of noodle similar to Liangpi
- Longxi Qianrou, a dish made from donkey tail
- Minxian Fenyu, a type of noodle that looks like a small fish or tadpole
Transportation
- G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway
- G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway
- China National Highway 312
- Longhai railway
- Xuzhou-Lanzhou High-Speed Railway
References
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