Kuanzhou is not a county seat, but a town. Kuanzhou Town is located in Qingjian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province.

Kuanzhou Town is located on the outskirts of Qingjian County, adjacent to Shuangmiaohe Township in the southeast, and belongs to Qingjian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. It is connected to Xiaershilipu Township to the south, Jiajiaping Town, Yanchuan County, Yan'an City to the west, Zhejiaping Town to the northwest, and Shizuiyi Town and Lijiata Town to the northeast. The maximum distance between east and west of the jurisdiction is 13.1 kilometers, and the maximum distance between north and south is 21.5 kilometers, with a total area of ??287 square kilometers.

Kuanzhou Town is a civilized township in Yulin City. As of June 2020, Kuanzhou Town has jurisdiction over 6 communities and 54 administrative villages. As of the end of 2018, the registered population of Kuanzhou Town was 58,350. Kuanzhou Town is located in the Loess Maoliang District of loess hills and ravines. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, high in the east and low in the west. The territory has undulating hills and crisscrossing ravines. The highest point is located in the mountain behind Dongjiagou Village, with an altitude of 1,282.5 meters; the lowest point is located in the Xiuyan River Channel in Qili Bay, with an altitude of 820 meters.

Special Scenic Areas in Kuanzhou Town

1. Panlong Lake Tourist Scenic Area Outside the Great Wall

Panlong Lake is located in the southwest of Kuancheng. It is the largest water conservancy and hydropower project in North China. The artificial lake formed by the storage of water in the Jiakou Reservoir, when viewed from the air, the entire lake looks like a giant dragon with waving claws and tail, soaring into the clouds, so it is called "Panlong Lake". The lake controls the total drainage area of ??the Luanhe River of 33,700 square kilometers, with a total storage capacity of 2.93 billion cubic meters, a total lake area of ??180 square kilometers, and a water surface area of ??74 square kilometers.

2. Wanta Huangya Temple

Wanta Huangya Temple is located in the southwest of Kuancheng County, Hebei Province. It has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It is a Buddhist site from the Liao and Jin Dynasties and is the largest Han Buddhist site in northern my country. In 1991, it was designated as a provincial cultural relic protection unit. The Wanta Huangya Temple and the pagoda forest were built in the Tiancheng period of the late Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and were destroyed during the Republic of China and the Cultural Revolution.

3. Saibei Jiangnan

Saibei Jiangnan Scenic Area is located in Beichang Village, Taoshan Township, in the west of Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County, covering a total area of ??1,800 acres. It belongs to Kuancheng COSCO Hope Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. and is operated and managed by the company. It started operations in May 2008. The scenic spot has an elegant natural ecological environment, unique tourism resource endowments, and convenient and fast transportation.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kuanzhou Town