Mianchi County

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Mianchi County is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Sanmenxia, in the northwest of Henan province, bordering Shanxi province to the north and northwest. Its population in 2019 was 353,200. Mianchi is known for the ancient Yangshao Culture, the remains of which were first found by Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson. In 1921, he discovered some pieces of pottery in the north of Mianchi County, near the town of Yangshao. In 2006, the government of Mianchi County experimented with direct democracy, allowing citizens to voice their thoughts about proposed projects through petitions. As of 2020, Mianchi is divided in 6 towns and 6 townships. Mianchi is wealthy in resources, having coal resources are up to 1.19 billion tons. It has 11.5 million tons of Bauxite resources, with the highest aluminium content in Asia. The reserves of quartz sand are 77.8 million tons. Mianchi has aluminium and coal industries, as well as float glass factories and silicon refineries.