Yulin is located in the northernmost part of Shaanxi Province, China, at the junction of the Loess Plateau and Mu Us Sandy Land, which is the transitional zone between the Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau. The Yellow River faces Shanxi Province across the river in the east, Ningxia and Gansu in the west, Yan 'an in the south and Erdos in the north, which is the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Mongolia and Shanxi provinces.

Yulin, with a total land area of 42,920.2 square kilometers, governs 2 municipal districts, 1 county-level city and 9 counties, and is the main miscellaneous grain producing area in Shaanxi. Rich in energy and mineral resources, it is known as "Kuwait of China". There are Shenfu coalfield, one of the seven largest coalfields in the world, and Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia gas field, the largest comprehensive gas field found on land in China.

natural resource

There are 48 kinds of mineral resources in 8 categories, of which coal, oil, natural gas and rock salt account for 86.2%, 43.4%, 99.9% and 100% of the total mineral resources in Yulin City respectively. There are 6.22 million tons of coal, 6.5438+0.4 million tons of oil, 65.438+0 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 65.438+0.4 billion tons of rock salt underground. The combination and allocation of resources are rare at home and abroad.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia Yulin City