安康市 简介

安康市

安康市位于陕西省南部，北靠秦岭主脊，南依大巴山北坡。汉江由西向东横贯，构

成“两山夹一川(江)”的自然地貌。属亚热带大陆性季风气候，四季分明，雨量充沛，无霜期长，垂直地域性气候明显。安康地缘、区位优势独特，、处于川、陕、鄂、渝四省市的

结合部，位于西安、武汉、重庆三大经济区的几何中心。现辖1个区、9个县，总面积23529平方公里，常住人口265万人。

安康山川秀丽，资源丰富，历史悠久。农作物以水稻、小麦、玉米、红薯为主，经济作物种类较多，素有“漆、麻、耳、倍之乡”和“中药材摇篮”的美称。一批龙头企业的成长拉动了产业基地建设，促进了重点农产品向特色工业品的转化。基础设施项目快速发展，全年消费品市场呈现活跃旺销之势。阳安、襄渝和西康三条电气化铁路在安康交汇，旅游区位优势明显。北接西安，南连三峡，东承湖北道教圣地武当山及神龙架自然保护区，西邻汉中三国遗址，是连结国家规划的“西安——三峡——张家界”绿色生态旅游长廊的重要驿站，又是陕西绿色生态旅游的品牌，有瀛湖城堤、香溪洞、天柱山、蜀河、擂鼓台、燕子洞、旬阳文庙、千佛洞、张河溶洞等风景名胜景区。

Ankang locates at the southeast of Shaanxi Province, south of Ba Mountain, north Qinling Mountain. Measuring 200 km from east to west and 240 km from north to south, it covers an area of 23,529 square kilometers，about 11.4% of the territory of Shaanxi Provcince. Han River crosses it from west to east, forming a natural landform of "a plain between two mountains".

Situated in the geometric center of three Economic Districts (Xi’an of Shaanxi province, Wuhan of Hubei Province, and Chongqing Municipality), Ankang enjoys unique geographic advantages. Between inter-provincials, it adjoins with Hubei Province in the east, Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality in the south. In Shaanxi Province, Ankang borders the capital city of Xi’an and Shangluo in the north and Hanzhong in the west.

Ankang now governs 1 district and 9 counties: Hanbin District, Hanyin

County, Shiquan County, Ningshan County, Ziyang County, Langao County, Pingli County, Zhenping County, Xunyang County and Baihe County.

Being in the region of continental subtropical monsoon climate, Ankang has four distinctive seasons with abundant rain, long frost-free periods and obvious vertical regional climate. The annual average temperature is around 12°C in Ningshan and Zhenping County and about 15°C in other counties. The total number of annual sunshine hours is between 1495.6 and 1836.2. The number of rainfall is between 750 and 1100 millimeters each year. The frost-free period is as long as 210-270 days, which lasts on average more than 8 months. The main features of the climate: a cold winter with little rain and snow; a rainy summer with drought; a warm and dry spring; a cool and wet fall with much constant rain. The main severe weather is summer drought, rainstorm and constant rain.

Ankang has a long history, with a recorded history of more than 3,000 years and cultural history which can be traced back to the Stone Age. Ankang County was set up in the first year of T aikang in Western Jin Dynasty (A.D. 280); the name AnKang means "having abundant harvest and happy forever, being peaceful and healthy". In the third year of Feidi in Western Wei Dynasty (A.D. 554), it was changed to "Golden State" because the Yuehe Chuandao Area in Ankang produces flake gold. Control of the area was often contested. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ankang Office of the Shaanxi Province People's Government was set up in 1950, growing to become the Ankang Area Civic Administration in 1979. In 2001, Ankang Area became Ankang City with a