Yanchuan County

Yanchuan

延川县
Yenchwan
Yanchuan 延川县 Yenchwan
County
	Liangjiahe Village
	Yanchuan in Yan'an
	Yan'an in Shaanxi
	Coordinates (Yanchuan County government): 36°52′41″N 110°11′37″E / 36.8781°N 110.1935°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Yan'an
Area
• Total	1,985 km2 (766 sq mi)
Population (2019)
• Total	170,100
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	717200

Yanchuan County (simplified Chinese: 延川县; traditional Chinese: 延川縣; pinyin: Yánchuān Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yan'an, in the northeast of Shaanxi Province, bordering Shanxi Province across the Yellow River to the east. The county spans 1,985 square kilometres (766 sq mi) in area,^[1] and has a permanent population of 170,100 people as of 2019.^[2] In 1969, Xi Jinping was sent to work in Liangjiahe Village [zh], Wen'anyi, Yanchuan County, as part of Mao Zedong's Down to the Countryside Movement.^[3]^[4] This has launched the county into the national spotlight, making the area a tourist site for many.^[4]

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