Wudu, Longnan

Wudu District (Chinese: 武都区) is a district and the political and cultural centre of Longnan, Gansu province, China.^[2] It borders the provinces of Shaanxi and Sichuan to the southeast. It has a population of 590,000, of which 110,000 live in the urban area.^[3]

Wudu 武都区
District
Tibetan-style homes in Pingya, Wudu
Wudu in Longnan
Longnan in Gansu
Wudu Location in Gansu
Coordinates: 33°22′13″N 104°57′37″E
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Longnan
District seat	Zhonglou Subdistrict
Area
• Total	4,683 km2 (1,808 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	546,616
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	746000
Website	www.gslnwd.gov.cn

Wudu, Longnan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	武都区
Traditional Chinese	武都區
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔdū Qū other Mandarin Xiao'erjing وُدُو کِیُوِ
Tibetan name
Tibetan	བོད་ཏོག་ཆུས།
Transcriptions Wylie bod tog chus Tibetan Pinyin Woidog Qü

Located along the Bailong River near the borders with Sichuan and Shaanxi, it has been the site of many historic battles. A town has existed at the current county seat since at least 448. In 572 this town was named Wuzhou (武州), in 892 it was named Jiezhou. Since 1260 it was part of Shaanxi province, becoming part of Gansu in 1729. In 1913, Wudu County was established. The current district was established from Wudu County in 2004.^[4]

The epicentre of the 1879 Gansu earthquake was located in the district.

Wudu is one of the top tourist destinations in Gansu, receiving over 2 million tourists in 2016.^[5] The Wanxiang karst cave is located 10 km from the city.^[6] Its agricultural output includes olive cultivation, traditional Chinese medicine crops and Sichuan pepper.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Administrative divisions

Wudu District is divided to 4 subdistricts, 26 towns, 8 townships and 2 ethnic townships.^[11][12]

Subdistricts

Zhongluo Subdistrict (钟楼街道) Jishiba Subdistrict (吉石坝街道)

Jiangbei Subdistrict (江北街道) Jiangnan Subdistrict (江南街道)

Towns

Chengguan (城关镇) Anhua (安化镇) Dongjiang (东江镇) Liangshui (两水镇) Hanwang (汉王镇) Luotang (洛塘镇) Jiaogong (角弓镇) Majie (马街镇) Sanhe (三河镇)

Ganquan (甘泉镇) Yulong (鱼龙镇) Pipa (琵琶镇) Waina (外纳镇) Maying (马营镇) Bolin (柏林镇) Yaozhai (姚寨镇) Foya (佛崖镇) Shimen (石门镇)

Wuma (五马镇) Yuhe (裕河镇) Hanlin (汉林镇) Jugan (桔柑镇) Longxing (隆兴镇) Huangping (黄坪镇) Wuku (五库镇) Sancang (三仓镇)

Townships

Puchi Township(蒲池乡) Chiba Township(池坝乡) Longba Township(龙坝乡) Longfeng Township(龙凤乡)

Yuhuang Township(玉皇乡) Guohe Township(郭河乡) Fengxiang Township(枫相乡) Yuezhao Township(月照乡)

Ethnic townships

• Pingya Tibetan Ethnic Township (坪垭藏族乡)(Tibetan: ཕིང་ཡག་བོད་རིགས་ཤང་།(Wylie: phing yag bod-rigs shang, ZYPY: Pingyag Poirig Xang))
• Moba Tibetan Ethnic Township (磨坝藏族乡)

Transport

• China National Highway 212
• China National Highway 345
• G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway
• G8513 Pingliang–Mianyang Expressway
• Chongqing–Lanzhou railway

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu

References

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