Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan 都江堰市
County-level city
Puzhao Temple in Dujiangyan
Etymology: Dujiangyan
Location of Dujiangyan in Sichuan
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
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Sub-provincial city	Chengdu
Municipal seat	Guankou Subdistrict
Area
• Total	1,208 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	710,056
• Density	545/km2 (1,410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	6118XX
Chengdu district map	Subdivisions of Chengdu, Sichuan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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.
Website	www.djy.gov.cn

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.