Xigu, Lanzhou

Xigu District (Chinese: 西固区; pinyin: Xīgù Qū) is one of 5 districts of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, Northwest China. It is the westernmost part of the city of Lanzhou proper. Until 1952, Xigu was part of Gaolan County as a township and in 1953 it was established as the fifth district level division of Lanzhou.^[1] During this period, as part of China's first five-year plan, the petrochemical industry was developed in the area.^[2]

Xigu 西固区
District
Xigu in Lanzhou
Lanzhou in Gansu
Coordinates: 36°05′17″N 103°37′41″E
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Lanzhou
District seat	Fulilu Subdistrict
Area
• Total	385.3 km2 (148.8 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	325,800
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	730060

Administrative divisions

Xigu is divided in 7 subdistricts 5 towns and 1 township:^[3]

Subdistricts

Xiliugou Subdistrict (西柳沟街道) Lintaojie Subdistrict (临洮街街道) Xigucheng Subdistrict (西固城街道) Siqijing Subdistrict (四季青街道)

Fulilu Subdistrict (福利路街道) Chenping Subdistrict (陈坪街道) Xianfenglu Subdistrict (先锋路街道)

Towns

Dachuan (达川镇) Hekou (河口镇) Xincheng (新城镇)

Dongchuan (东川镇) Liuquan (柳泉镇)

Townships

• Jingou Township (金沟乡)

Economy

Xigu District is highly industrialized, and most of Lanzhou's heavy industry is located in the district, including PetroChina's Lanzhou Petrochemical complex,^[4] an aluminium smelting plant, power plants, and textile industry.^[5] It was also the site of a nuclear enrichment factory, completed in 1958, which provided the material for China's first atomic bomb.^[6]

The Bapanxia Dam on the Yellow River is located within the district, at 36°08′15″N 103°24′30″E.

Transport

• China National Highway 109
• China National Highway 213
• G2201 Lanzhou Ring Expressway
• Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport intercity railway
• Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway
• Lanzhou Metro Line 1
• Dongchuan Railway Logistics Center, freight train land port with trains to destinations as far as Pakistan and Nepal.^[7][8]

References

1. "历史沿革".
2. "区情简介".
3. 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：西固区 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
4. "PetroChina accelerating implementation of restructuring strategy; downstream business experiencing structural adjustment smoothly". 28 October 2000.
5. Mikalai Filonchyk; Haowen Yan (11 May 2018). Urban Air Pollution Monitoring by Ground-Based Stations and Satellite Data: Multi-season characteristics from Lanzhou City, China. Springer International Publishing. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-3-319-78045-0.
6. "504厂——一个出神入化的历史坐标". kuaibao.qq.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
7. "Gansu opens second cargo route to South Asia". lanzhou.china.org.cn.
8. "Lanzhou- Katmandu freight train takes its inaugural trip[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn.

See also

• List of administrative divisions of Gansu