Pingba refers to the flat land between mountains, and the dialect refers to the flat land. Mostly used for place names, such as towns under the jurisdiction of Chengkou County.

"Ping" focuses on a flat land in the mountains, and "Dam" focuses on a flat land near the water. From Wu Boxiao's Song of the Arctic Stars: "It was a night in the early summer of 1939. On the flat dam at the foot of Xishan Mountain outside the north gate of Yan 'an City, the coal steam lamp shines brightly. "

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Pingba is a town under Chengkou County. 19 13 established Pingba Township, 194 1 established Pingba Township, 1958 changed the commune, 1983 re-established the township, 1992 established the town. Located in the west of the county seat, 25 kilometers away from the county government. It covers an area of 58.4 square kilometers and has a population of 1 10,000. Provincial and city (mouth) Wan (source) highway transit.

It governs Pingba 15 village committees and 1 neighborhood committees such as Yixue, Wuxing, Guantian, Fenghua, Paradise, Xinhua, Guangming, Juma, Hongkou, Yongan, Yongxing, Qianjin, Xin 'an and Wafang.

Enterprises have factories such as ceramics, building materials and agricultural products processing. Agriculture mainly produces rice, corn, potatoes, specialty tea, walnuts and kiwifruit. The breeding industry is mainly pigs and goats. This area is rich in coal resources. There are Longdonggou Coal Plant and Pingba Tea Farm in the county.

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Baidu encyclopedia-pingba