page_title: Yanchuan County
hierarchical_section_title: Yanchuan County
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of Yanchuan county in Yan'an city, China
context_page_description: Yanchuan County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yan'an, in the northeast of Shaanxi Province, bordering Shanxi Province across the Yellow River to the east. The county spans 1,985 kilometers in area, and is home to 192,000 people as of 2017. In 1969, Xi Jinping was sent to work in Liangjiahe Village, Wen'anyi, Yanchuan County, as part of Mao Zedong's Down to the Countryside Movement. This has launched the county into the national spotlight, making the area a tourist site for many.
context_section_description: Yanchuan County (Chinese: 延川县; pinyin: Yánchuān Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yan'an, in the northeast of Shaanxi Province, bordering Shanxi Province across the Yellow River to the east. The county spans 1,985 kilometers in area, and is home to 192,000 people as of 2017. In 1969, Xi Jinping was sent to work in Liangjiahe Village, Wen'anyi, Yanchuan County, as part of Mao Zedong's Down to the Countryside Movement. This has launched the county into the national spotlight, making the area a tourist site for many.
caption: Yanchuan in Yan'an
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