Gulang County
Gulang County is a county in central Gansu province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northeast. It is under the administration of Wuwei City. Its postal code is 733100, and its population in 2006 was 393,200 people. Located in the east of the Hexi Corridor and to the south of the Tengger Desert, it borders Jingtai County to the east, Tianzhu County to the south, Liangzhou District to the northwest, and Inner Mongolia's Alxa Left Banner to the northeast.
Geography
The county has a total area of and is wide. It features a cold desert climate, with an annual mean temperature of and the annual evaporation of exceeding the annual precipitation of around ; annual sunshine duration is hours.Climate
History
Evidence has been found of Gulang being inhabited 4000 years ago, during the Neolithic.Between 14 and 18 November 1936 the Battle of Gulang was fought between the Red Army and the Ma clique.
Administrative divisions
Gulang County is divided to 15 towns and 4 townships.;Towns
- Gulang
- Sishui
- Tumen
- Dajing
- Peijiaying
- Haizitan
- Dingning
- Huangyangchuan
- Heisongyi
- Yongfengtan
- Huanghuatan
- Xijing
- Minquan
- Zhitan
- Gufeng
- Xinpu Township
- Gancheng Township
- Hengliang Township
- Shibalipu Township
Economy
Transport
- China National Highway 312
Ethnic groups