Ningdu County

Ningdu
宁都县
Ningtu
Location in Jiangxi
Location in Jiangxi
Coordinates: 26°28′12″N 116°00′32″E / 26.470°N 116.009°E / 26.470; 116.009
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityGanzhou
Area
 • Total
4,053.16 km2 (1,564.93 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
846,200 (registered population at the end of 2,019)
 • Density209/km2 (540/sq mi)
Postal Code
342800
Ningdu County
Traditional Chinese寧都縣
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngdū Xiàn
Wade–GilesNing2-tu1 hsien4

Ningdu County (Chinese: ) is a county in the southeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is the northernmost county-level division under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou.

Map including Ningdu (labeled as NING-TU 寧都) (AMS, 1954)

The village of Xiaoyuan in Ningdu County was the site of the 1932 Ningdu Conference of the Chinese Communist Party during which Mao Zedong was removed from his leadership positions.[1]

  1. ^ Dictionary of contemporary Chinese military history, Larry M. Wortzel, Robin D. S. Higham, ABC-CLIO, 1999, page 190.