Dali County

Dali County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the east-central part of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east. It covers 1766 km2. The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.

Administration
Dali County governs 18 towns.
 * Towns
 * Towns are upgraded from Townships.
 * Former Townships merged to others.
 * Hujia (芦家乡), Buchang (埠场乡), Boshi (博市乡), Shicao (石槽乡), Bayu (八于乡), Xizhai (西寨乡), Zhangjia (张家乡), Shadi (沙地乡)

Transportation

 * Dali railway station of the Datong–Xi'an passenger railway, with frequent service to Xi'an and Taiyuan.

Famous figures

 * Dali (fossil), excavated in 1978
 * Ruoxi Zhang, former Minister of Education Ministry of PRC, is from Zhaoyi town in Dali county.
 * Fengshou Shi, an expert of rapid calculation, is also from this county.
 * Huaiying Dang was man of letters in Jin Dynasty. His ancestral home is Dali county.
 * Xiandeng Ma was an official and a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in late Qing Dynasty.