Where is Zigong?

Zigong is a bright pearl in the land of abundance and one of the earliest provincial cities and industrial centers in Sichuan Province. With the history of salt industry in 2000 and the history of building a city in 60 years, dinosaur fossils, well salt and lantern festival are known as the "three wonders" of Zigong, while the "small three wonders" are Gong Fan, tie-dyeing and paper-cutting, which are well-known at home and abroad as "Millennium Salt Capital", "Dinosaur Town" and "Southern Lantern City". Zigong has been the center of well salt production in China since the middle of Qing Dynasty. Now it has developed into a medium-sized industrial city with salt industry, chemical industry, electromechanical, textile, light industry, food and new building materials as its pillar industries. It is also a national historical and cultural city, an open city, a national health city, a provincial-level scenic spot in Sichuan and a world geological park.

Located in the south of Sichuan Basin, on the banks of Fuxi River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Adjacent to Neijiang, Yibin, Luzhou and Leshan.

Zigong is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The terrain is complex, divided into low mountains, hills, flat dams and valleys. The climate belongs to the control range of East Asian monsoon circulation and belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate type. The annual average temperature 17.5℃ to 18.0℃, sunshine 150 to 1200 hours, precipitation 1000 to1000 mm, and the rivers belong to Tuo. Zigong has hilly terrain and belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate. In Zigong, spring starts earlier in all seasons, and the temperature recovers quickly after the Spring Festival. The temperature is very high in summer, and the precipitation is large and concentrated; Autumn in Zigong is very short, and rainy weather is common. The temperature is not very low in winter, and it seldom rains. Generally speaking, Zigong has a warm climate, abundant rainfall, short sunshine time, four distinct seasons and cloudy weather.

The territory is undulating in shallow hills, and the terrain inclines from northwest to southeast. Generally, the altitude is between 250 and 500 meters, and the urban area is between 280 and 400 meters. The rivers in the city are mainly Cangjiang River system, and the lower reaches of Tuojiang River flow through the city boundary 127 km. Fuxi River is the main tributary of Tuojiang River in the city, with Xushui River and Weiyuan River in the upper reaches, with a total basin area of 3,490 square kilometers. To the west of the city, Yuexi River runs through Rong County from north to south and belongs to Minjiang River.

Zigong has 2 1.7 million mu of cultivated land, 50,000 hectares of forest, and the forest coverage rate is 20%. There are many kinds of organisms, including nearly 800 families of plants and more than 70 orders of animals. Mineral resources mainly include coal, natural gas, brine, rock salt and limestone. Zigong has many cultural relics and scenic spots, especially salt ruins, dinosaur fossils and lantern culture.