Tongguan County

Tongguan County
潼关县
Tungkwan, T'ung-kuan
Tongguan
Tongguan
Tongguan in Weinan
Tongguan in Weinan
Weinan in Shaanxi
Weinan in Shaanxi
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShaanxi
Prefecture-level cityWeinan
Area
 • Total526 km2 (203 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total154,200
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code
714300
Websitehttp://www.tongguan.gov.cn/
Tongguan
Traditional Chinese潼關
Simplified Chinese潼关
PostalTungkwan
Literal meaningHigh Pass
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTóngguān
Wade–GilesTʻung2-kuan1

Tongguan County (alternately romanized as Tungkwan[a]) is a county in the east of Shaanxi province, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Weinan. It is named after the Tong Pass, a historical fortress located south of the confluence of the Wei and Yellow Rivers. It is the southeastern corner of the Ordos Loop, the point at which the Qin Mountains turn the Yellow River sharply eastward, forcing it into the North China Plain, and borders the provinces of Shanxi to the north and Henan to the east.

Map including Tongguan (labeled as 潼關 T'UNG-KUAN (TUNGKWAN) (walled)) (AMS, 1955)
  1. ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), "China" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons


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