Yuzhong County () is a county of Gansu Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, one of 58 counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730100, and its population in 2019 was 560,000 people.
History The history of Yuzhong County goes back to 214 BC. During the Jin Dynasty Yuzhong was a center of the Jincheng district located in the Yuzhong county (xian) in the Gansu province.Liu Junjen, "Zhongguo diming da sidian (Large Dictionary of Chinese geographical names)", Peking, 1930, p. 490 Up to 1917 it was known as Jin County or Jinxian. Yuzhong has always had importance as the eastern gateway to Lanzhou. The historic Mingsu tomb (:zh:明肃王墓) is located in Yuzhong.
Geography The geography of Yuzhong is divided into the densely populated central valley of the Wanchuan River, flanked by forested mountains in the southwest, and arid mountains in the northeast.
Climate
Demographics Ethnic minorities form just 1% of the counties population, most of them are Hui.
Administrative divisions Yuzhong County is divided to 11 towns and 9 townships. Towns
Chengguan () Xiaguanying () Gaoya () Jinya () Heping () Gancaodian () Qingcheng () Dingyuan () Lianda () Xinying () Gongjing ()
Townships
Xiaokangying Township () Mapo Township () Qingshuiyi Township () Longquan Township () Weiying Township () Zhonglianchuan Township () Yuanzicha Township () Shanghuacha Township () Haxian Township ()
It is proposed that Yuzhong will be upgraded to Yuzhong District.
Economy Until April 2019, it was a designated poverty stricken county, however due to its favorable location near Lanzhou, along important transportation axes, the county has rapidly developed industry and services sectors. In 2023 it was revealed that the county government spent 900 million CNY on a vanity project consisting of an exhibition hall and park, which remained unused for several years.
Jiuquan Iron & Steel has a major steel plant in Yuzhong producing 1.3 million tons of steel annually.
Tourism Xinglongshan National Nature Reserve
Transport Highways G20 Qingdao–Yinchuan Expressway G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway G2501 Lanzhou Ring Expressway China National Highway 312 China National Highway 309 Railways Baoji–Lanzhou high-speed railway (Yuzhong railway station) Longhai railway
The Chongqing–Lanzhou railway passes through Yuzhong county, but does not have any stations within the county. The Lanzhou Metro is proposed to be extended to Yuzhong.
Education Educational institutes Several institutes of higher learning have (one of) their campuses in Yuzhong county. Xiaguanying town Northwest Minzu University Lanzhou University (undergraduate campus) Heping town Lanzhou Jiaotong University Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics Lanzhou Vocational College of Foreign Languages
References
See also List of administrative divisions of Gansu