Dachuan District

Dachuan District (simplified Chinese: 达川区; traditional Chinese: 達川區; pinyin: Dáchuān Qū) is a district of Dazhou in northeastern Sichuan province. In 1999, it had a population of 1,247,085 inhabitants residing in an area of 2,688 square kilometres (1,038 sq mi).[1] It was called Da County (达县; 達縣; Dá Xiàn) or Daxian, until July 2013, when it renamed to Dachuan District.[2]

Dachuan 达川区
District
Location of Dachuan District (red) in Dazhou (yellow) and Sichuan
Dachuan Location of the county seat in Sichuan
Coordinates: 31°12′N 107°31′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city	Dazhou
Township-level divisions	21 towns 43 townships
County seat	Nanwai (南外镇)
Area
• Total	2,688 km2 (1,038 sq mi)
Elevation	312 m (1,024 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,280,000
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	635000
Area code	0818
Website	www.dachuan.gov.cn