Jingyuan County ( simplified Chinese : 靖远县 ; traditional Chinese : 靖遠縣 ; pinyin : Jìngyuǎn Xiàn ) is a county in the east of Gansu Province. It is under the administration of Baiyin City, and consists of two separate tracts of territory to the north and south of Pingchuan District . The northern tract borders Ningxia to the north. The southern area consists of an irrigated area around the Yellow River and the northern area is semi-arid highlands.
4-538: Jingyuan may refer to: Jingyuan County, Gansu ( 靖远县 ) Jingyuan County, Ningxia ( 泾源县 ) Jingyuan mutiny , 783 AD mutiny in Jingyuan during the Tang dynasty Chinese cruiser Jingyuan (1886) , protected cruiser in the late Qing Dynasty Beiyang Fleet Chinese cruiser Jingyuan (1887) , armored cruiser in the late Qing Dynasty Beiyang Fleet Topics referred to by
8-605: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jingyuan County, Gansu The name originated from 'settling down in the borderlands'. Jingyuan belonged to the Yiqu kingdom , later becoming part of the Qin state . The county was first established during the Han dynasty in 114 BC. During the Western Wei it was known as Huizhou (会州),
12-650: The defensive outpost of Huining County . It was located at the battleground of the Northern Song dynasty and the Western Xia . In 1730 the county got its current name. In 1928, Jingyuan was transferred from Shaanxi to Gansu. Jingyuan has extensive coal reserves, part of the Yaojie Formation, as well as Palygorskite clay reserves of 1 billion tons. Jingyuan County is divided to 13 towns and 5 townships. This Gansu location article
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