Chongxin County | |
Other Name: | Tsungsin |
Postal Code: | 744000 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | China Gansu |
Pushpin Label: | Chongxin |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Gansu |
Coordinates: | 35.302°N 107.035°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gansu |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Pingliang |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Jinping |
Area Total Km2: | 850 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 104,800 |
Elevation M: | 1393 |
Elevation Max M: | 1728 |
Elevation Min M: | 1085.4 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Population Rural: | 82,000 |
Population Urban: | 22,800 |
Chongxin is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China, located 70km (40miles) 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 was established in 963 AD, its name being derived from 尊崇信任 (Zūnchóng xìnrèn), meaning 'respect and trust'.[1] It has a population of 104,800.[2] 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.
Chongxin County is divided to 1 Subdistrict, 4 towns and 2 townships.[3]
-Towns are upgraded from Township.
-Former Townships are merged to other.
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.[4]