How many towns are there in Yongdeng County?

Yongdeng county has 13 towns and 3 townships.

Yongdeng, formerly known as Lingju and Zhuanglang, belongs to Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. It is located in the middle of Gansu Province and the northwest of Lanzhou City. The longest distance from north to south 107 km, and the widest distance from east to west1kloc-0/km, with a total area of 6090 square kilometers.

Yongdeng county now governs 3 townships 13 towns and10/communities, with a total population of 427,800, including 293,200 agricultural people, mainly including Han, Hui, Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian, Tu and Dongxiang ethnic groups 18, and a few ethnic groups. Yongdeng is located in central Gansu, northwest suburb of Lanzhou, bordering Qinghai in the southwest and Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in the north. It is the gateway of the ancient Silk Road and the hub of the Eurasian continent.

History and culture

Yongdeng is one of the main birthplaces of Majiayao culture. A large number of cultural sites and painted pottery were discovered on both sides of Datong River and Zhuanglang River. Among them, King Painted Pottery and Painted Pottery Bowl are exquisite painted pottery of Majiayao culture, and Yongdeng is called the hometown of painted pottery.

Puppet and shadow play are ancient performing arts that people in Yongdeng area love. The local people call the puppet "elbow monkey" and the shadow play "lantern shadow play" or "shadow". There are more than 20 puppet shows in Yongdeng County, mainly distributed in Zhuanglang River, Datong River and Qinwangchuan. Yongdeng Shehuo is generally composed of dragon, Toutian, Oda, iron core, lion, bear, stilts, dry boat and Taiping drum. There are rolling lights in the nightclub fire.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yongdeng County