Qin'an County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Qin'an County |native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|秦安县}} |postal_code =741600 |postal_code_type = Postal code |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = ChinaTianshuiQinan.png |map_caption = Qin'an in Tianshui |image_map1 = Location of Tianshui Prefecture within Gansu (China).png |map_caption1 = Tianshui in Gansu |coordinates = {{coord|34.8591|N|105.6758|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-62_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Gansu |subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city |subdivision_name2 = Tianshui |seat_type = County seat |seat = Xingguo |area_code = |area_land_km2 = |area_total_km2 = 1601.13 |area_water_km2 = |population_as_of = 2017 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_total = 539797 |leader_name = |leader_title = |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |website = }} '''Qin'an County''' ({{zh|c=秦安县|p=Qín'ān Xiàn}}) is a county in the east of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui. Its postal code is 741600, and in 1999 its population was 567,553 people.<ref>[http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China County & City Population 1999]</ref> As of 2018, the population is 618,000 people. It is one of the poorest counties of Gansu, being appointed as one of 23 counties part of a provincial poverty alleviation project.<ref name=qajj_0720_2508>{{cite web |url=http://www.qinan.gov.cn/html/2018/qajj_0720/2508.html |title=秦安简介 - 秦安简介 - 秦安县人民政府门户网 |publisher=Qinan.gov.cn |date=2018-07-20 |accessdate=2022-04-20 |archive-date=2022-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516051748/https://www.qinan.gov.cn/html/2018/qajj_0720/2508.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History== The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by 68 Neolithic cultural sites including the Dadiwan culture.<ref name=qajj_0720_2508/>

It is reputedly the county where Zhuge Liang's troops, commanded by Ma Su, were defeated by Zhang He at the Battle of Jieting.

Known historically as '''Chengji''' ({{lang|zh|成紀}}), it vied with Tianshui (then known as Shanggui) as the seat of the medieval province of Qinzhou during the Tang dynasty and Five Dynasties eras.<ref name=dud>Dudbridge, Glen. ''A Portrait of Five Dynasties China: From the Memoirs of Wang Renyu (880–956)'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=rEgjlZjMd7sC&pg=PA8 pp. 8 ff.] Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. Accessed 14 Dec 2013.</ref>

== Culture == Qin'an celebrates the Nüwa festival, a sacrifice festival for the mother goddess. It is celebrated yearly on the 15th of the third lunar calendar months.<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-12-29|title=秦安女娲祭典|url=http://118.180.24.101:8004/gsszf/c100390/202105/273305.shtml|website=甘肃省人民政府}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=女娲祭典（秦安女娲祭典） - 中国非物质文化遗产网·中国非物质文化遗产数字博物馆|url=http://www.ihchina.cn/project_details/14995|access-date=2021-12-17|website=www.ihchina.cn}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions== '''Qin'an County''' governs 17 towns,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/ |title = 统计用区划代码 |publisher = XZQH |language = zh |access-date = 2020-12-27}}</ref> which govern over a total of 6 residential communities and 428 villages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qinan.gov.cn/html/2011/xzgh_0721/766.html |title=秦安县行政区划概述 - 行政区划 - 中国秦安 |access-date=2019-10-25 |archive-date=2019-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025115643/http://www.qinan.gov.cn/html/2011/xzgh_0721/766.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ;Towns {| |- |valign="top"| * Xingguo ({{lang|zh-Hans|兴国镇}}) * Guojiazhen ({{lang|zh-Hans|郭嘉镇}}) * Xichuan ({{lang|zh-Hans|西川镇}}) |valign="top"| * Lianhua ({{lang|zh-Hans|莲花镇}}) * Longcheng ({{lang|zh-Hans|陇城镇}}) |} -Towns are upgraded from Township. {| |- |valign="top"| * Wuying ({{lang|zh-Hans|五营镇}}) * Anfu ({{lang|zh-Hans|安伏镇}}) * Liuping ({{lang|zh-Hans|刘坪镇}}) * Yunshan ({{lang|zh-Hans|云山镇}}) * Weidian ({{lang|zh-Hans|魏店镇}}) * Zhongshan ({{lang|zh-Hans|中山镇}}) |valign="top"| * Yebao ({{lang|zh-Hans|叶堡镇}}) * Xingfeng ({{lang|zh-Hans|兴丰镇}}) * Wangyin ({{lang|zh-Hans|王尹镇}}) * Wangyao ({{lang|zh-Hans|王窑镇}}) * Wangpu ({{lang|zh-Hans|王铺镇}}) * Qianhu ({{lang|zh-Hans|千户镇}}) |}

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Qin'an, elevation {{convert|1216|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = 4.1 |Feb high C = 8.0 |Mar high C = 14.0 |Apr high C = 20.6 |May high C = 24.5 |Jun high C = 28.0 |Jul high C = 29.7 |Aug high C = 28.4 |Sep high C = 22.8 |Oct high C = 17.0 |Nov high C = 11.2 |Dec high C = 5.5 |Jan mean C = -2.4 |Feb mean C = 1.6 |Mar mean C = 7.3 |Apr mean C = 13.3 |May mean C = 17.4 |Jun mean C = 21.2 |Jul mean C = 23.4 |Aug mean C = 22.2 |Sep mean C = 17.1 |Oct mean C = 11.0 |Nov mean C = 4.6 |Dec mean C = -1.2 |Jan low C = -6.8 |Feb low C = -2.9 |Mar low C = 2.1 |Apr low C = 7.1 |May low C = 11.2 |Jun low C = 15.3 |Jul low C = 18.2 |Aug low C = 17.3 |Sep low C = 13.1 |Oct low C = 7.0 |Nov low C = 0.3 |Dec low C = -5.5 |Jan record high C = 14.3 |Jan record low C = -16.5 |Feb record high C = 19.9 |Feb record low C = -14.5 |Mar record high C = 27.5 |Mar record low C = -9.5 |Apr record high C = 32.1 |Apr record low C = -3.8 |May record high C = 33.3 |May record low C = 0.0 |Jun record high C = 36.5 |Jun record low C = 5.9 |Jul record high C = 37.9 |Jul record low C = 10.9 |Aug record high C = 36.3 |Aug record low C = 9.2 |Sep record high C = 36.1 |Sep record low C = 3.6 |Oct record high C = 28.3 |Oct record low C = -6.2 |Nov record high C = 21.4 |Nov record low C = -12.8 |Dec record high C = 13.7 |Dec record low C = -18.9 |year high C = |year low C = |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.3 |Feb precipitation mm = 6.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 14.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 27.4 |May precipitation mm = 49.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 65.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 79.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 72.3 |Sep precipitation mm = 68.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 39.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 9.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 2.8 |Jan humidity = 64 |Feb humidity = 61 |Mar humidity = 57 |Apr humidity = 54 |May humidity = 58 |Jun humidity = 63 |Jul humidity = 67 |Aug humidity = 70 |Sep humidity = 76 |Oct humidity = 78 |Nov humidity = 73 |Dec humidity = 66 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 5.2 |Feb precipitation days = 5.0 |Mar precipitation days = 6.6 |Apr precipitation days = 7.3 |May precipitation days = 9.6 |Jun precipitation days = 10.3 |Jul precipitation days = 10.7 |Aug precipitation days = 10.6 |Sep precipitation days = 12.0 |Oct precipitation days = 10.2 |Nov precipitation days = 5.7 |Dec precipitation days = 3.0 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 140.6 |Feb sun = 132.8 |Mar sun = 164.6 |Apr sun = 198.3 |May sun = 209.8 |Jun sun = 198.8 |Jul sun = 200.6 |Aug sun = 189.8 |Sep sun = 124.8 |Oct sun = 120.5 |Nov sun = 128.1 |Dec sun = 143.1 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 45 | Feb percentsun = 43 | Mar percentsun = 44 | Apr percentsun = 50 | May percentsun = 48 | Jun percentsun = 46 | Jul percentsun = 46 | Aug percentsun = 46 | Sep percentsun = 34 | Oct percentsun = 35 | Nov percentsun = 42 | Dec percentsun = 47 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 8.0 |Feb snow days = 6.4 |Mar snow days = 2.6 |Apr snow days = 0.4 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0.1 |Nov snow days = 2.6 |Dec snow days = 4.6 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =27 August 2023}}</ref> }}

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