Yanchi County
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Yanchi County is a county under the administration of Wuzhong city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China
. It has a total area of 6787 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 150,000 people.
, making farming difficult. In addition to canceling agricultural taxes on these lands, the county government has in recent years developed the cultivation of honey and high-tech herbs. The county government is located in the town of Huamachi, and the county's postal code is 751500.
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. It has a total area of 6787 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 150,000 people.
Characteristics
Yanchi County is one of China's most impoverished counties. Economic development has been slow, because much of the land in the county is wasteland with alkali soilAlkali soils
Alkali, or alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH , a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity. Often they have a hard calcareous layer at 0.5 to 1 metre depth. Alkali soils owe their unfavorable physico-chemical properties mainly to the dominating presence of sodium carbonate...
, making farming difficult. In addition to canceling agricultural taxes on these lands, the county government has in recent years developed the cultivation of honey and high-tech herbs. The county government is located in the town of Huamachi, and the county's postal code is 751500.