Jinchang

Province

Jinchang (金昌 市) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern China's Gansu province at the foot of the Qilian Shan. Your administration area forms the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor. It has an area of ​​8896 km ² and around 450,000 inhabitants ( end of 2004 ), mainly Han Chinese.

The city is known for the Shengrong Temple in the year 561 and ruins of the Great Wall.

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Jinchang is composed of a municipality and a county:

• Municipality Jinchuan (金川 区), 3017 km ², 200,000 inhabitants, center, seat of the city government;
• District Yongchang (永昌 县), 5879 km ², 250,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Chengguan (城关 镇).

History

The area has been inhabited for about four thousand years and was of the Western Han Dynasty in the period from 206 BC. to 24 AD. administratively divided.

Solar Project

In May 2012, the construction of a solar park with a 1 GW power was announced in the west of the city and an associated production with 300 MW capacity of the company from Shanghai Alex Solar.