Guochengyi

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Guochengyi
郭城驿镇
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Coordinates: 36°13′47″N104°53′08″E / 36.2297632°N 104.8856619°E / 36.2297632; 104.8856619
CountryChina
Province Gansu
Prefecture-level city Baiyin
County Huining
Area
   Town 329 km2 (127 sq mi)
  Urban
13.48 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population
   Town 34,076

Guochengyi is a town of Huining County, Gansu, China. [1] It consists of 11 administrative villages and 59 natural villages. [2]

Just west of the town are ruins of a Jin dynasty (1115–1234) town, known historically as Huizhou (会州), but known today as Guohama (郭虾蟆), named after general Guo Hama (zh:郭虾蟆) [3] Towards the end of the Long March in 1936, PLA troops were stations just north of the town for 50 days.

The town has significant watermelon farms.

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