Chongxin County
Chongxin (simplified Chinese: 崇信县; traditional Chinese: 崇信縣; pinyin: Chóngxìn Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China, located 70 km (43 mi) northeast of Pingliang, which administers it. It borders Pingliang, Jinchuan County, to the east, Huating County to the west, and Long County to the south, which is part of Baoji, Shaanxi province.
Chongxin County
崇信县 Tsungsin | |
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  Chongxin Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 35.302°N 107.035°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingliang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 103,500 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 744000 |
| Website | www |
Chongxin has a population of approximately 85,000. More than 80% of the population rely on farming, and have very poor living conditions. The government or municipality offices are mainly located in Jinping Town.
Administrative divisions
Chongxin County is divided to 1 Subdistrict, 4 towns and 2 townships.[1]
- Subdistricts
- Chengshishequ (城市社区街道)
- Towns
- Jinping (锦屏镇)
- Xinyao (新窑镇)
-Towns are upgraded from Township.
- Boshu (柏树镇) - it is renamed from Baishu Towns.
- Huangzhai (黄寨镇)
- Townships
- Huanghua Township (黄花乡)
- Mulin Township (木林乡)
-Former Townships are merged to other.
- Jiugong Township (九宮乡)
- Tongcheng Township (桐城乡)
Education
No.1 Chongxin County High School was the only high school to some extent in this county before 2000.
Daxing Primary School, as of 2016, has 40 students in multi-grade classrooms and five teachers, none of whom have university degrees. All of the teachers were men in their 50s.[2]
References
- "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- Sheng, Menglu; Li Rongde (2016-12-14). "Battered by Closures, Rural Schools Await New Guidelines". Caixin Global. Retrieved 2017-05-29.