Nánbù

Nanbu lies on the middle Jialing River south of Langzhong, among the low hills of northern Sichuan. The river and its tributaries wind between cultivated valleys and settlements. The county's name dates back to the Southern Dynasties; after periods of administrative change, the Ming restored Nanbu County in 1380. Its place on the Jialing kept it connected with the towns upstream and the larger basin downstream.