Kang County

Kang County or Kangxian is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of Longnan City. The county was formed in 1928 as Wudu County, but renamed to Kang County the next year, named after the northern Zhou dynasty place.

WWW gskxzf.gov.cn

Administrative divisions

The county was subdivided in 18 towns and 3 townships.
;Towns

Chengguan
Pingluo
Dabao
Anmenkou
Lianghe
Changba
Yuntai
Yangba

-Towns are upgraded from Township.

Wangba
Douba
Wangguan
Sitai
Baiyang
Tongqian
Sanheba
Nianba
Dananyu
Zhoujiaba - it is renamed from Douping.

;Townships

Miba Township
Dianzi Township
Taishi Township

Demographics

The county is majority Han, with Hui, Manchu, Zhuang, Tibetan, Mongolian, Yao, and Uygur minority groups. The total population is 203,400 people.

Year	Population	Urban	Rural
1999	199,570
2011	202,400	18,800	183,600
	203,400

Economy

The economy of Kangxian is mainly based around agriculture. Crops of major importance are wheat, corn, potatoes, soybeans, and white beans. The county is also a major producer of edible mushrooms such as black wood ear, it also produces a domestically popular Longshen green tea, walnuts, mulberry and silkworm cocoons. In recent years, eco-tourism has become of some importance.