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Tongguan County
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tongguan County |
| native_name | |
| other_name | Tungkwan, T'ung-kuan |
| settlement_type | County |
| image_skyline | 202309 Tongguan County Seat Center from Linzhi Tableland.jpg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| image_caption | Tongguan |
| image_map | ChinaWeinanTongguan.png |
| map_caption | Tongguan in Weinan |
| image_map1 | Location of Weinan Prefecture within Shaanxi (China).png |
| map_caption1 | Weinan in Shaanxi |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | People's Republic of China |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Shaanxi |
| subdivision_type2 | Prefecture-level city |
| subdivision_name2 | Weinan |
| area_total_km2 | 526 |
| population_as_of | 2018 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_total | 154200 |
| timezone | China Standard |
| utc_offset | +8 |
| postal_code_type | Postal Code |
| postal_code | 714300 |
| website | http://www.tongguan.gov.cn/ |
Tongguan County (alternately romanized as Tungkwan) is a county in the east of Shaanxi province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Weinan. It is named after the Tong Pass, a historical fortress located south of the confluence of the Wei and Yellow Rivers. It is the southeastern corner of the Ordos Loop, the point at which the Qin Mountains turn the Yellow River sharply eastward, forcing it into the North China Plain, and borders the provinces of Shanxi to the north and Henan to the east.
Administrative divisions
Tongguan County is divided to 5 towns and 1 townships. ;Towns
- Chengguan (城关镇)
- Qingdong (秦东镇)
- Taiyao (太要镇)
- Tongyu (桐峪镇)
- Daiziying (代字营镇) ;Townships
- Anle (安乐乡)
Economy
Tongguan County is rich in gold. Located in the Qinling Mountain region, it is estimated to have more than 110 metric tons of gold deposits. Mining and related activities account for over 70% of the local economy.
Since the early 2000s, financial institutions in Tongguan, including rural credit cooperatives, began offering gold-backed loans, leveraging the county's gold reserves. By 2016, more than 83% of the 1.5 billion yuan in loans issued by the Tongguan Rural Credit Cooperative were secured with gold collateral, contributing significantly to local lending income.
Tongguan was also the center of one of the largest gold collateral fraud cases in China, involving up to 46 tons of adulterated gold and affecting more than 19 local lenders. The incident had a lasting impact on regional financial stability and led to regulatory reforms and criminal prosecutions.
Climate
|Jan record high C = 14.3 |Jan record low C = -13.1 |Feb record high C = 21.1 |Feb record low C = -9.3 |Mar record high C = 28.6 |Mar record low C = -5.3 |Apr record high C = 35.8 |Apr record low C = -0.2 |May record high C = 38.0 |May record low C = 5.2 |Jun record high C = 40.2 |Jun record low C = 12.0 |Jul record high C = 38.9 |Jul record low C = 16.5 |Aug record high C = 38.5 |Aug record low C = 13.2 |Sep record high C = 38.5 |Sep record low C = 7.0 |Oct record high C = 31.0 |Oct record low C = 0.5 |Nov record high C = 23.2 |Nov record low C = -8.7 |Dec record high C = 18.8 |Dec record low C = -14.0
Notes
References
References
- {{cite EB9. ''EB''. 1878
- "潼关县-行政区划网(区划地名网) www.xzqh.org".
- Hui, Xiao. (21 October 2019). "In Depth: How $2.7 Billion of Fake Gold Tarnished Local Lending".
- link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
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