Gushi County
county
Gushi (Chinese: 固始; pinyin: Gùshǐ) is a county of 1,023,857 people directly governed by Henan, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Xinyang. With a total area of 2942.97 square kilometers and a registered population of 1,781,500 at the end of 2018, it is the county with the largest registered population in Henan.
Administration
Gushi has 3 subdistricts, 17 towns and 13 townships.
History
Gushi County was the capital of one of the two States of Liao during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history (771–436 BCE).
Climate
Demographic
Gushi is the most-populous county in the Henan Province, with an estimated record high of 1,734,100 citizens with registration as of 2013, according to the 2013 annual statistics report. As of the sixth national census in 2010, there are 1,023,857 residents living inside the county, showing that nearly half of the population moved out of the county without changing their residents registration status.
In 2010, the county had a population density of 348 people per square kilometer (900 people/mi2).
Transportation
The Nanjing–Xi'an Railway along as G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway passing through the southern side of Gushi from the east to the west, connect the county with Xinyang and Hefei. A branch line, S39 Huaibin-Gushi Expressway links the county seat to the national expressway network from north to south.
“Gushi County” enters the record as county. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gushi, County and county can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1016715. VIAF identifies the subject as 145462544. The Library of Congress control number is n84018848. Authority coordinates are 32.186, 115.657. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2018, 2013 and 2010.
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