Dianjiang County

Dianjiang County is a county in the northeast of Chongqing Municipality, China, bordering Sichuan province to the northwest. As of 2015, it has two subdistricts, two townships, and 22 towns under its administration.

History

Dianjiang County was developed in the time of the Western Wei Emperor Emperor Gong of [Western Wei|Gong Di] in 555 CE. Before the Chongqing area became a municipality, Dianjiang belonged to other regions. From October 1, 1949, to March 14, 1997, it belonged to Dazhu, Fuling prefecture.

Dianjiang has two subdistricts, two townships, five regional center towns and 17 general towns.

Based on statistics from October 2015, in the first three quarters, Dianjiang County achieved a GDP of 16.63 billion yuan. The contributions to the GDP were composed of the primary sector producing 2.17 billion yuan ; the secondary sector producing 8.78 billion yuan ; and the tertiary sector producing 5.68 billion yuan.

The area is served by Dianjiang railway station on the Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway.