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Dali County

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Country
  
China

Prefecture
  
Weinan

Province
  
Shaanxi

Time zone
  
China standard time (UTC+8)

Dali County is a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

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Map of Dali, Weinan, Shaanxi, China

Dali County is a county in Weinan city of Shaanxi Province in China. It covers 1766 square kilometers. The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.

Administration

Dali County governs 13 towns which are Chengguan, Zhaoyi, Xuzhuang, Nianqiao, Fengcun, Anren, Shuangquan, Liangyi, Fanjia, Gaoming, Guanchi, Qiangbai, and Weilin, as well as 13 villages which are Nianqiao, Duanjia, Hujia, Buchang, Boshi, Shicao, Sucun, Bayu, Xiazhai, Xizhai, Zhangjia, Shadi, Pingmin, and Zhaodu.

Transportation

  • Dali Railway Station of the Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway, with frequent service to Xi'an and Taiyuan.

    • Famous Figures

  • Dali (fossil), excavated in 1978
  • Ruoxi Zhang, former Minister of Education Ministry of PRC, is from Zhaoyi town in Dali county.
  • Fengshou Shi, an expert of rapid calculation, is also from this county.
  • Huaiying Dang was man of letters in Jin Dynasty. His ancestral home is Dali county.
  • Xiandeng Ma was an official and a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in late Qing Dynasty.

    • References

    Dali County Wikipedia
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