Dali County

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Dali County 大荔县 Tali
County
Location in Weinan
Weinan in Shaanxi
Dali County Location in Weinan
Coordinates: 34°47′01″N 109°58′36″E / 34.78361°N 109.97667°E / 34.78361; 109.97667
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Weinan
Area
• Total	1,800 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	718,879
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China standard time)
Postal code	715100
Licence plates	陕E

Dali County (Chinese: 大荔; pinyin: Dàlì) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the east-central part of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east. It covers 1,766 km² (682 sq mi). The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.

Administration[]

Dali County governs 18 towns.^[1][2]

Towns

-Towns are upgraded from Townships.

-Former Townships are merged to others.

• Hujia (芦家乡), Buchang (埠场乡), Boshi (博市乡), Shicao (石槽乡), Bayu (八于乡), Xizhai (西寨乡), Zhangjia (张家乡), Shadi (沙地乡)

Transportation[]

• Dali railway station of the Datong–Xi'an passenger railway, with frequent service to Xi'an and Taiyuan.^[3]

Famous Figures[]

• Dali (fossil), excavated in 1978
• Ruoxi Zhang, former Minister of Education Ministry of PRC, is from Zhaoyi town in Dali county.
• Fengshou Shi, an expert of rapid calculation, is also from this county.
• Huaiying Dang was man of letters in Jin Dynasty. His ancestral home is Dali county.
• Xiandeng Ma was an official and a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in late Qing Dynasty.

References[]

Coordinates: 34°47′01″N 109°58′36″E / 34.78361°N 109.97667°E / 34.78361; 109.97667

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