Where is Jinta County?

At the northwest end of the Hexi Corridor, which stretches for thousands of miles, there is an oasis basin deep in the desert, like a bright pearl embedded in the ancient Silk Road-Jinta County, Gansu Province. Today, Jinta County is a national plain greening standard county, a national commodity grain base county, a second industry cotton county in Gansu Province, and an advanced county in small town construction in Gansu Province.

Jinta County is located in the northwest of China, between 90 58 ′-100 20 ′ and 39 47 ′-49 59 ′ north latitude. The total area of the county 18800 square kilometers. It borders Ejina Banner in Mongolia in the east and north, Jiayuguan, Yumen and Subei in Gansu in the west, and Jiuquan City and Gaotai County in Zhangye area in the south. The altitude is between1100 m ~1400 m, which belongs to the typical temperate continental climate in China. The annual average temperature is 80 degrees Celsius, the average total sunshine hours are 3 193.2 hours, and the average total solar radiation is 153 kcal/cm2. Rich in light and heat resources, fertile land, rich trees and crops, and prosperous livestock, it was selected as a seed production base by foreign seed production experts.

Jinta County has jurisdiction over 3 towns, 10 township, 123 administrative villages, 693 villagers' groups and 15 urban residents' committees, with a total population of130,000. Jinta County governs 5 towns and 5 townships: Middle East Town, Ding Xin Town, Jinta Town, Dongba Town, Aerospace Town, Sanhe Township, Greater Zhuangzi Township, Gucheng Township, Xiba Township and Yangjingziwan Township. It is a county with agriculture and animal husbandry as the mainstay and industry as the supplement.

The history of Jinta can be traced back to ancient times, and ancestors settled down more than 4000 years ago. This place was called Qiang Rong in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. From the end of the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty, the Yue people and Wusun, who lived in Hexi area, were relatively powerful ethnic tribes at that time. The site of the Cash Tower was once the site of Wusun King and Yueshi King. Since then, the Golden Pagoda has experienced more than 3,000 years of historical evolution and changes, including the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms (Wei), the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Here is the place where dynasties and generations of military strategists fought, leaving many ancient military fortification relics and rich ancient tombs and places of interest. Jinta has a history of more than 4,000 years, and has experienced vicissitudes, including the ups and downs of politics, economy and culture. Seven ethnic groups, including Han, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur and Yugur, thrive here. Now the earth is turned upside down, and the people dominate this land. The thriving golden pagoda is spreading its wings and embarking on the journey of modernization.

Jinta county is rich in water, soil and climate resources, but its rich agricultural and animal husbandry resources, mineral resources and tourism resources are little known. The county can develop and utilize wasteland suitable for agriculture, forest and grass10.5 million mu, and the existing agricultural land is 430,000 mu. The main crops are wheat, corn, cotton, sugar beet, seed melon, flax, cumin and various fruits 100 varieties. Crops are of high yield and excellent quality, forming a production base with an annual output of 400,000 tons of cotton, 0.6 million tons of beet/kloc, 65.438 billion kilograms of grain, 60,000 mu of Chinese herbal medicines, 40,000 mu of cumin and melon seeds. Seed production of corn, watermelon, melon, tomato, pepper and flowers is favored by seed merchants at home and abroad. It has been breeding and exporting seeds for the United States for 8 years and enjoys a good international reputation.

There are more than 30 kinds of proven mineral deposits in 7 categories in Jinta County, with a total reserve of over 2 billion tons. Mineral products mainly include iron, manganese, copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, fluorite, clay, magnesite, Iceland spar, dolomite, Carboniferous stone, granite and mirabilite. Among them, rare metals are strontium, chromium, barium, gold, silver and so on. In addition, there are five kinds of bituminous coal, anthracite and coking coal, with total reserves exceeding 654.38 billion tons. There are more than 70 mineral deposits in Jinta, mainly including Shazaoyuan, Qi Jing, Chuanshanxun, Yujingzi, Shenluoshan, Yushishan, Shapo Spring, Wutonggou, Nanquan, Dahongshan, Zhangfangshan, Zhongjitaizi, Yemajing, Shiban Spring, Baishantang, Yemaquan, Heijian Mountain and Ge Jing. The geological structure of the deposit is simple, and the contact cleavage between ore body and surrounding rock is obvious. The ore bodies are mostly vein-shaped, chicken-nest-shaped, reticulate, lenticular and layered, and the ores are dense, massive, nucleated and beaded. Jinta's mineral reserves and grade are among the best in 87 counties and cities in Gansu Province, with very broad development prospects and excellent development conditions.

Land resources, animal husbandry resources, economic forest resources, mineral resources and tourism resources in the county contain huge development potential and unlimited investment opportunities.