Liuyuan County is located in Guazhou County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province.

Liuyuan Town is located in the northwest of Guazhou County (Anxi County), bordering Dunhuang City to the west, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the northwest, Xihu Township and Huancheng Township to the south, and Subei Mongolian Autonomous County to the northeast . Liuyuan is derived from Hongliuyuan, which is 8 kilometers southwest of Liuyuan. It is the name of a post station in ancient China.

There is water in Hongliu Garden, and the establishment of the post station must rely on water sources. It is said that there was a patch of red willow growing at that time, and the officials who inspected the construction of the station named this place Hongliu Garden. Although Hongliu Garden is no longer a garden, there are still many of them. The water of Hongliu Garden supplies the life and industry of Liuyuan Town, playing a great role in the economic development of Liuyuan.

In 1958, the railway reached Liuyuan, and the Ministry of Railways set up a station here. It was named after Hongliuyuan instead of Liuyuan, and became Liuyuan Railway Station. When the town was established in 1962, it was officially named Liuyuan Town. .

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Liuyuan’s geographical environment:

Geographical climate

Liuyuan Town is located at 94°45′ east longitude and north latitude 40°50′, the terrain slopes from northeast to southwest, with an average altitude of 1797M, a total area of ??9700KM2, and a township area of ??8.9KM2. The annual average temperature is 5.7℃, the annual maximum temperature is 37.5℃, the annual precipitation is 83.7MM, the evaporation is 3140.6MM, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is a typical continental climate.

Natural resources

Liuyuan Town has a vast territory and rich mineral resources. There are 24 proven sources of precious metals gold and silver that can be mined, smelted and utilized; non-ferrous metal copper There are 12 producing areas of lead, zinc, copper, titanium and tin; more than 20 ferrous metals such as iron, tungsten and manganese; and 23 non-metallic minerals such as granite, marble, fluorite, limestone and barite.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Liuyuan