Gandan County, belonging to Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the south of Sichuan Province, the lower reaches of the Minjiang River, between longitude 103°43′35″~104°11′48″E and latitude 29°1′2″~29°27′47″N, bordering Jingyan County, Leshan City, in the northeast; Rong County, Zigong City, in the east; Xuzhou District, Yibin City, in the southeast; Muchuan County, Leshan City, in the southwest; and Shawan and Wutongqiao Districts, Leshan City, in the northwest. , Wutongqiao District in the northwest, adjacent to the subtropical humid climate, mild climate, abundant rainfall, with a total area of 1,375.4 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Gandan County had a resident population of 414,000 people. As of June 2023, Gandhara County has 15 towns under its jurisdiction, and the People's Government of Gandhara County is located at No. 72, West Street, Yujin Township.
Gandan County has a long history and a pleasant life. In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty (135 years ago), it conquered the "Southwest Barbarians" and set up Gandan County, which spanned the five provinces of Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and Gui. Sui Kaihuang three years (583 years), the establishment of Gandanwei County, after several changes, Gandanwei name has been used for more than 2,150 years of history. 1950, Gandanwei County belongs to Leshan Prefecture. May 1985, Gandanwei County belongs to Leshan City.
Gandhara County is rich in tourism resources, with 3 national AAAA level tourist attractions and 1 national AAA level tourist attraction. It has the world jasmine exposition garden with colorful jasmine blooming in all seasons, the world's only narrow-gauge steam train still in normal operation, the fourth largest cultural temple in China, the world's unique boat-shaped building Luocheng Ancient Town, and China's largest Cyathea fern aggregation and other cultural and tourism resources, which form unique cultural and tourism landscapes such as "hundred years' train, thousand years' temple town, ten-thousand years' lakes, and hundred-million years' cyathea ferns", and is selected as one of the most important cultural and tourism landscapes in Tianfu City. Gandhara County has been selected as one of the candidate counties for Tianfu Famous Tourism County and provincial-level model area for regional tourism.
In 2022, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Gandan County will be 26.642 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8% over the previous year according to the comparable price.
