Qingyang
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Qingyang 庆阳市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
.png) Location of Qingyang Prefecture within Gansu |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| County-level divisions | 1 district 7 counties |
| Township-level divisions | 3 subdistricts 36 towns 79 townships 1 ethnic township |
| Village-level divisions | 74 residential communities 1,254 villages |
| Municipal seat | Xifeng District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27,119 km2 (10,471 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,211,191 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 745100 |
| Area code(s) | 0934 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 甘M |
| Administrative division code | 621000 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-62-10 |
| Website | zgqingyang |
Qingyang (simplified Chinese: 庆阳; traditional Chinese: 慶陽; pinyin: Qìngyáng) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China.
Qingyang is the easternmost prefecture-level division of Gansu and is thus sometimes referred to as "Longdong" (陇东). It forms an administrative peninsula, as it is surrounded, on all sides but the south, by Shaanxi and Ningxia. It is in the lower middle part of the Yellow River on the loess plateau and is within the eastern Gansu basin. Elevation ranges from 885 to 2082 meters above sea-level. There are 5 major rivers in Qingyang including the Malian (马莲河), Pu (蒲河), Hong (洪河), Xilang (四郎河), and Hulu or "Gourd" (葫芦河). Their combined annual flow is more than 800 million cubic meters. Bordering prefecture-level cities are:
Gansu:
Average temperatures for most Qingyang range between 7 and 10 °C. Annual precipitation is 480 to 660 mm and there are between 140~180 frost free days.
The area is 27,119 km2 (10,471 sq mi) with 200 km2 (77 sq mi) of forest and 530 km2 (200 sq mi) of grassland.
Qingyang was part of the area where the earliest cultures along the Yellow River developed and was part of the heartland of the Qin state that would eventually unite China. It was also an important place in the communist revolution.
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