Lu County

Lu County or Luxian is a county in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Chongqing Municipality to the northeast. It is the northernmost county-level division of Luzhou city.

History
Lu County has a history over 2100 years. The county, known anciently as Jiangyang, was established in 135 BC during the Han Dynasty.

Administrative divisions
Lu County comprises 1 subdistrict and 19 towns:


 * subdistrict:
 * Yuchan 玉蟾街道
 * towns:
 * Fuji 福集镇
 * Jiaming 嘉明镇
 * Yusi 喻寺镇
 * Desheng 得胜镇
 * Niutan 牛滩镇
 * Zhaoya 兆雅镇
 * Xuantan 玄滩镇
 * Taifu 太伏镇
 * Yunlong 云龙镇
 * Shiqiao 石桥镇
 * Pilu 毗卢镇
 * Qifeng 奇峰镇
 * Chaohe 潮河镇
 * Yunjin 云锦镇
 * Lishi 立石镇
 * Baihe 百和镇
 * Tianxing 天兴镇
 * Fangdong 方洞镇
 * Haichao 海潮镇

Geography
Lu County is 105°10′50″ – 105°45′30″E,28°54′40″ – 29°20′00″N. This results in an east–west span of 56.23 km and north–south length of 46.8 km. The county has a total area of 1532 km2.

Population
As of 2006 the county had a population of 1,055,200.

Transport

 * China National Highway 321