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16-515: (Redirected from Jingning County ) Jingning may refer to two counties of the People's Republic of China: Jingning County, Gansu ( 静宁县 ) Jingning She Autonomous County ( 景宁畲族自治县 ), Zhejiang [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

32-715: A headquarters in Shi Pu . The Communists left the next month. However, the county was taken under Communist control by the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War . PLA troops entered on August 6, 1949. They met little resistance. Located in the Loess Plateau , it is at an altitude of around 2,000 meters. The county has an area of 2,193 km². Out of its population of 463,400, 444,500 (95.92%) are registered as working in agriculture . Ethnic Han and Hui make up most of

48-451: A small captive population; the population trend is unknown. In 2007, a mega-herd of a quarter of a million Mongolian gazelles was seen gathering on the country's steppes, one of the world's last great wildernesses. The mating season is in the late autumn or winter; at this time, the males' throats swell in a goiter -like effect. Competition is vigorous, but fights rarely break out. The gestation period lasts for about 5–6 months. Births occur

64-401: Is June and July, when groups of dozens of females separate from the herd to give birth, rejoining the herd afterward. They usually give birth to a single young and occasionally twins. They weigh about 3 kg and can keep up with their mother after a few days. They will be able to mate after 17–18 months. The Mongolian gazelle is still one of the most numerous large animals in the world, with

80-736: Is a medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, southern Siberia and northern China . The name dzeren is the Russian spelling and pronunciation of the Mongolian word zeer ( Mongolian : Зээр ), or the Buryat zeeren ( Buryat : Зээрэн). While the dzeren and its two sister-species (the Tibetan gazelle or goa and the rare Przewalski's gazelle of Qinghai , China) are commonly referred to as “gazelles”, they are not technically “true” gazelles, as they are not placed within

96-681: Is an extremely capable long-distance runner and a good swimmer. Mongolian gazelles live in semi-arid , cold , and temperate ecosystems. They thrive in flat or undulating steppes and dry grasslands , with a preference for steppe and desert steppe habitats adorned with clusters of vegetation. The estimated global range of the Mongolian gazelle is 746,281 km , of which 91% is in Mongolia (681,863 km ), 5% in China (34,718 km ) and 4% in Russia (29,700 km ). In

112-668: Is over 19 townships , 392 villages , 2,320 other communities and 4 neighbourhoods. There is evidence of Neolithic settlements in Jingning. The area was also inhabited during most of Chinese history, including the Three Kingdoms period. Sites have been dated to the Qin dynasty . During the Second Sino-Japanese War , the area was evacuated (1940). The Communist Long March entered Jingning on September 10, 1935. Mao Zedong set up

128-402: Is somewhat more comparable to a Chinese water deer than a true gazelle. In the summer, the dzeren has coat of tawny light brown with pale pinkish tones, which grows thicker, longer and paler during the winter. It also has a distinctive, heart-shaped white patch on its rump area, divided by a median line of darker color. The male has lyre -shaped horns which curl backwards from the forehead. It

144-590: The Gazella genus. Rather, these three procaprid antelope species are placed together in their own genus, Procapra , falling under the tribe of Antilopini (of the subfamily Antilopinae ), under the greater Bovidae family of the Artiodactyla Order . In general, the dzeren are fluffier-coated than true gazelles, possessing an almost “teddy bear”-like appearance, as opposed to the sleek and smooth, deer -like qualities of Gazella and other species. The dzeren's face

160-530: The county, including lilacs, leeks, garlic and licorice. Mining also makes up part of the economy; iron ore, lead, zinc, white clay, and limestone are all mined in places such as Gao Hui. Wildlife Jingning has a variety of diverse wildlife; tigers, bears, jackals, deer and Mongolian gazelle all inhabit the county. The county government registers 15 varieties of mammal as well as 27 types of bird in addition to 13 kinds of reptile and amphibians. Animals are also used in agriculture; pigs, cattle and chickens are

176-428: The items it produces are wheat, potatoes, corn, millet , buckwheat, oats, sesame, rapeseed , apples, pears and vegetables. The county is environmentally diverse, with more than 70 species of tree existing within the county, including apple trees, pear trees and the ash tree. For fruit production, the south of the county is more prevalent for apples, whereas pears are grown in the north. Many other things are cultivated in

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192-466: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jingning&oldid=845787251 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Chinese-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jingning County, Gansu The county government's jurisdiction

208-611: The main animals used for farming. There are 31 varieties of rose grown in the county, along with many other varieties of wild flower . Jingning roasted chicken is the local delicacy, the dish is included on the Gansu Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The dish is well-known throughout Gansu, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces. In 2021 more than one million chickens were processed in Jingning. Attractions Mongolian gazelle The Mongolian gazelle ( Procapra gutturosa ), or dzeren (Russian: Дзерэн ),

224-453: The population. The average annual temperature is 7.1 °C (44.8 °F), and the climate regime is classified as semi-arid . The area is frost-free for 159 days a year, and there are an average of 2238 hours of sunshine a year. The summer is the 'wet season' whereas the spring and the winter are drier. Average annual rainfall is 450.8 mm (17.75 in). Jingning County is divided to 1 subdistricts, 17 towns and 7 townships. Among

240-403: The total population around 1.5 million individuals, but roughly 100,000 are killed each year. However, the conservation status is at least concern. Whether the population is increasing or decreasing is unknown, but the population is known to be subject to significant fluctuations due to diseases and severe winters. They have been hunted for millennia—a passage in the 13th-century Secret History of

256-459: The winter, they are mostly diurnal , but in the summer, they are active shortly after sunrise and before sunset. They tend to travel a lot, and migrations takes place in spring and autumn, but the distance and direction vary depending on the weather and food availability. The groups usually consists of 20-30 individuals in the summer, and 100 in the winter. However, herds up to 5,000 individuals are not unusual. They still exist in large numbers, with

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