Tanchang ( on chinanews.com of February 17, 2014), also pronounced Dàngchāng, is a county in the south of Gansu province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Longnan. In 2017 its population was 319,400 people.
History During the 4th-5th century, the region was ruled by the Dangchang Kingdom. Then as part of the Western Xia, Tanchang was inhabited by Qiangics.
Administrative divisions Tanchang County has 11 towns and 13 townships and 1 ethnic township.
Towns
Chengguan () Hadapu () Lichuan () Nanyang () Guanting () Shawan ()
Towns upgraded from Townships
Awu () Nanhe () Bali ()
Towns established newly
Linjiangpu () Lianghekou ()
Townships
Mu'er Township () Pangjia Township () Jiahe Township () Jiangtai Township () Chela Township () Haodi Township () Hanyuan Township () Zhuyuan Township () Xinghua Township () Ganjiangtou Township () Xinzhai Township () Shizi Township ()
Townships established newly Hejiabao Township ()
Former Townships
Boji Township () Jinmu Township () Niujia Township () Dashe Township () Hejiabao Township () Qinyu Township () Huama Township ()
Ethnic township Xinchengzi Tibetan Ethnic Township ()
Climate
Transport China National Highway 212
See also Dangxiang List of administrative divisions of Gansu
References
External links Official website (Chinese)