Fuping County, Shaanxi

Fuping County
富平县
Fuping in Weinan
Fuping in Weinan
Weinan in Shaanxi
Weinan in Shaanxi
Coordinates (Fuping government): 34°45′06″N 109°10′48″E / 34.7516°N 109.1799°E / 34.7516; 109.1799
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShaanxi
Prefecture-level cityWeinan
Area
 • Total
1,242 km2 (480 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
750,300
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
711700

Fuping County (Chinese: 富平县; pinyin: Fùpíng Xiàn) is a county located in the center of Shaanxi Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Weinan.

The Fuping County has an area of 1,233 km2 (476 sq mi) and a population of 750,000. Its postal code is 711700. It comprises 24 towns, 337 administrative villages.

Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, traces his ancestry here.[1] His father, former Vice-Premier Xi Zhongxun was from here.

  1. ^ "Xi Jinping -- General Secretary of CPC Central Committee - People's Daily Online". english.cpc.people.com.cn. Xinhua. March 29, 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 2015-09-27.