Ankang

Province

Ankang (Chinese安康 市, pinyin Ankang shì ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China. It is situated at 300 m altitude in the valley of the River Han Jiang. The administrative area of the city of Ankang has an area of ​​23,529 km ² and approximately 2.95 million inhabitants ( end of 2004).

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Ankang is composed of a municipality and nine circles. These are:

• Municipality Hanbin (汉滨区), 3652 km ², 950,000 inhabitants, the center and seat of the municipal government;
• Circle Hanyin (汉阴县), 1347 km ², 290,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Shiquan (石泉 县), 1525 km ², 180,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Ningshan (宁陕 县), 3678 km ², 70,000 inhabitants;
• District Ziyang (紫阳县), 2204 km ², 340,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Langao (岚皋 县), 1851 km ², 170,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Pingli (平 利 县), 2627 km ², 230,000 inhabitants;
• Zhenping county (镇坪 县), 1503 km ², 60,000 inhabitants;
• Circle Xunyang (旬阳县), 3554 km ², 450,000 inhabitants;
• Baihe county (白河县), 1450 km ², 210,000 inhabitants.

Religion

In Ankang, there is an office for religious affairs. The city is since March 28, 1928 the Apostolic Prefecture Hinganfu the Roman Catholic Church.

Traffic

Ankang has an airport ( IATA code AKA ) and is the terminus of the railway line Xi'an - Ankang, which opened on 8 January 2001.

Ankang | Baoji | Hanzhong | Shangluo | Tongchuan | Weinan | Xi'an | Xianyang | Yan'an | Yulin

• Place in Shaanxi
• District -free city (China)
• Million city