Dali County
Dali County is a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
Dali County is a county in Weinan city of Shaanxi Province in China. It covers 1766 square kilometers. The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.
Administration
Dali County governs 13 towns which are Chengguan, Zhaoyi, Xuzhuang, Nianqiao, Fengcun, Anren, Shuangquan, Liangyi, Fanjia, Gaoming, Guanchi, Qiangbai, and Weilin, as well as 13 villages which are Nianqiao, Duanjia, Hujia, Buchang, Boshi, Shicao, Sucun, Bayu, Xiazhai, Xizhai, Zhangjia, Shadi, Pingmin, and Zhaodu.
Transportation
Dali Railway Station of the Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway, with frequent service to Xi'an and Taiyuan.
Famous Figures
Dali (fossil), excavated in 1978
Ruoxi Zhang, former Minister of Education Ministry of PRC, is from Zhaoyi town in Dali county.
Fengshou Shi, an expert of rapid calculation, is also from this county.