Fuping County belongs to Weinan City, Shaanxi Province, located in the middle of Shaanxi Province, the transition zone between Guanzhong Plain and Northern Shaanxi Plateau. Pucheng county and Weinan in the east, Lintong and yanliang district in Xi in the south, Yaozhou in Tongchuan in the west, Sanyuan in Xianyang and yintai district in Tongchuan in the north.

Located between east longitude 108 57'- 109 26' and north latitude 34 42'-35 06', it is 47 kilometers long from north to south and 34 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of 1242 square kilometers.

Fuping County, named for its implication of "prosperity and peace", is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. As early as the ancient times when human civilization was still in the period of ignorance, the earliest ancestor of the Chinese nation, Huangdi, used Shouyang bronzes to cast a tripod on the top of Nanjing Mountain in the county. After Dayu ruled the world, he also forged Jiuding, a symbol of the highest power, so Fuping has been known as the "famous city in Guanzhong" since ancient times.

Extended data

Weinan City, which belongs to Shaanxi Province, was called Xialuan and Lianshao in ancient times. Located between east longitude10850'-1038' and north latitude 34 13'-35 52', it is located in the east of Weihe Plain in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, and is the "East Gate" of Shaanxi Province. As early as the Qin and Han dynasties, Weinan had already enjoyed the title of "East Gate".

With a total area of about 13 134 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over two municipal districts, namely Linwei District and Huazhou District, seven counties, namely Dali, Fuping, Baishui, Tongguan, Pucheng, Chengcheng and Heyang, and two county-level cities, namely Hancheng, which is a pilot city in the provincial plan. It enjoys the economic and social management authority of districts and cities, and its administrative level has been upgraded to sub-municipal level and departmental system.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Fuping County