Guochengyi

Guochengyi

郭城驿镇
Guochengyi 郭城驿镇
Town
	Coordinates: 36°13′47″N 104°53′08″E / 36.2297632°N 104.8856619°E
Area
• Town	329 km2 (127 sq mi)
• Urban	13.48 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
• Town	34,076

Guochengyi is a town of Huining County, Gansu, China.^[1] It consists of 11 administrative villages and 59 natural villages.^[2]

Just west of the town is are ruins of a Jin dynasty (1115–1234) town, known historically as Huizhou (会州), but known today as Guohama (郭虾蟆), named after general Guo Hama (zh:郭虾蟆)^[3] Towards the end of the Long March in 1936, PLA troops were stations just north of the town for 50 days.^[4]

The town has significant watermelon farms.^[5]

References[]

^ www.stats.gov.cn http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/62/04/620422.html. Retrieved 2021-03-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "会宁这3个镇被中央点名！_郭城驿镇". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ 白银史话 (in Chinese). 甘肃文化出版社. 2005. ISBN 978-7-80714-089-4.
^ "会宁县红堡子村会州博物馆做好"红色记忆"传承". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ "郭城驿镇：小西瓜撑起致富大希望". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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[1] www.stats.gov.cn http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2020/62/04/620422.html. Retrieved 2021-03-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "会宁这3个镇被中央点名！_郭城驿镇". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[3] 白银史话 (in Chinese). 甘肃文化出版社. 2005. ISBN 978-7-80714-089-4.

[4] "会宁县红堡子村会州博物馆做好"红色记忆"传承". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[5] "郭城驿镇：小西瓜撑起致富大希望". baijiahao.baidu.com. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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