Minqin County

Minqin County
民勤县
Minqin is located in Gansu
Minqin
Minqin
Location of the seat in Gansu
Coordinates: 38°37′26″N 103°05′38″E / 38.624°N 103.094°E / 38.624; 103.094
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Prefecture-level cityWuwei
County seatSanlei
Area
 • Total15,900 km2 (6,100 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total241,400
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
733300

Minqin County (Chinese: 民勤县; pinyin: Mínqín Xiàn) is a county of Gansu province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City. Its postal code is 733300, and its population in 1999 was 281,826 people.

In older literature, today's Minqin is referred to as Zhenfan (Chinese: 镇番; Wade–Giles: Chen-fan).[1] According to Pyotr Kozlov, the Mongol name for the city was Sogo Khoto.[2]

Geographically, Minqin county occupies one of Gansu's panhandles, bordering in the north, east, and southeast on the Alashan League of Inner Mongolia.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference lat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ P.K.Kozlov, "Монголия и Кам. Трехлетнее путешествие по Монголии и Тибету (1899—1901 гг.) (Mongolia and Kham. Three years' travel in Mongolia and Tibet (1899–1901). (in Russian)