Yongtai Fortress

TypeFortress

LocationJingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu

Coordinates37°08′08″N 103°50′48″E / 37.13564°N 103.84662°E / 37.13564; 103.84662

Built1608

Yongtai Fortress
Native name 永泰古城 (Chinese)
Type	Fortress
Location	Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu
Coordinates	37°08′08″N 103°50′48″E / 37.13564°N 103.84662°E / 37.13564; 103.84662
Built	1608

Yongtai Fortress is a village and historical fortress town in Sitan Township, Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu, China.^[1][2][3] Built in 1608 by the Ming dynasty rulers to defend against attacks from northern minorities, it stationed 2000 infantrymen and 500 cavalry units.^[4] The entire fort is enclosed by a rammed earth wall including defensive towers. Due to desertification, the village is now mostly abandoned, dropping from 1500 people in the 1950s, to around 100 today.^{[when?][5][6][7]}