Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan
都江堰市
Puzhao Temple in Dujiangyan
Puzhao Temple in Dujiangyan
Etymology: Dujiangyan
Location of Dujiangyan in Sichuan
Location of Dujiangyan in Sichuan
Dujiangyan is located in Sichuan
Dujiangyan
Dujiangyan
Location in Sichuan Province
Coordinates (Dujiangyan Government): 30°59′17″N 103°38′49″E / 30.988°N 103.647°E / 30.988; 103.647
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Sub-provincial cityChengdu
Municipal seatGuankou Subdistrict
Area
 • Total1,208 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total710,056
 • Density545/km2 (1,410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
6118XX
Chengdu district map
Subdivisions of Chengdu, Sichuan
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Core districts
1 Jinjiang
2 Qingyang
3 Jinniu
4 Wuhou
5 Chenghua
Suburbs
6 Longquanyi
7 Qingbaijiang
8 Xindu
9 Wenjiang
11 Shuangliu
12 Pidu
15 Xinjin
Satellite cities
16 Dujiangyan
17 Pengzhou
18 Qionglai
19 Chongzhou
20 Jianyang
Rural
10 Jintang Co.
13 Dayi Co.
14 Pujiang Co.
Websitewww.djy.gov.cn
Dujiangyan
Chinese都江堰
PostalTukiangyen
Kwanhsien (until 1988)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDūjiāngyàn
Wade–GilesTu1-chiang1-yan4
Guanxian
Traditional Chinese灌縣
Simplified Chinese灌县
PostalKwanhsien
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuànxiàn
Wade–GilesKuan4-hsien4

Dujiangyan (Chinese: 都江堰; pinyin: Dūjiāngyàn) is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu. Its north-west region forms a border with southern Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of 1,208 km2 (466 sq mi) and had a population of 710,056 in 2020.[1]

Dujiangyan was formerly a county named Guanxian or Guan County (灌县; '"irrigation" county'). The county became a county-level city in 1988 and was renamed after the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, in the city's northwest, famous for providing Chengdu with water for over two millennia, since around 250 BC.

  1. ^ a b "成都市第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)" [Seventh National Census of Chengdu (Bulletin No.2)] (PDF). Chengdu Municipal Statistics Bureau. 27 May 2021.