Jinta county scenic spot

Scenic spots in Jinta County include Dongfeng Aerospace City, Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Forest Scenic Area, Jinta Yuanyang Lake, Jinding Lake Qingzexi Scenic Area

Scenic spots in Jinta County include Dongfeng Aerospace City, Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Forest Scenic Area, Jinta Yuanyang Lake, Jinding Lake Qingzexi Scenic Area and Shoushui Jinguan Military and Cultural Tourism Scenic Area. Jinta County, belonging to Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is located at the northern edge of the middle section of Hexi Corridor, with a total area of 18800 square kilometers, about 250 kilometers long from east to west and 400 kilometers wide from north to south.

It is adjacent to Gaotai County in the east, Yumen City in the west, Suzhou District and Jiayuguan City in the south, and Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located in the northeast of the county.

Jinta County is surrounded by mountains in the southeast and north and south, with a low middle and slightly inclined terrain. According to the main geomorphic units in Gansu Province, Beishan, which belongs to the seventh unit corridor, has an average elevation of1.275m and a relative height of 500m to1.000m.. The eastern and southeastern parts of the territory belong to the edge of Badain Jaran desert and the Heli Mountain area.

Jinta County has a temperate continental arid climate, with an annual average temperature of 8.3℃, a maximum temperature of 40.5℃ and a minimum temperature of -29.6℃. It has the characteristics of long sunshine time, large temperature difference between day and night and strong solar radiation. There is wind all year round, and the dominant wind direction is northwest wind.

Jinta County is rich in mineral resources, with 32 kinds of minerals discovered, accounting for 35. 16% of the discovered minerals in Jiuquan City, including energy minerals 1 species, 2 kinds of ferrous metals, 6 kinds of nonferrous metals, 2 kinds of precious metals, and 2 kinds of nonmetallic minerals1species, with 22 kinds of discovered resource reserves.