[2] Its postal code is 730400,[citation needed] and its population as of the 2010 Chinese Census was 225,755 people,[3] which the county government reports has grown to about 238,900 as of 2019.

[4] Historically, it was a military hub, a vital communication center on the Silk Road, an important ferry, and also a major transit route to Hexi, Xinjiang, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia.

[citation needed] Since 1933, the name of the county has been Jingtai (Chinese: 景泰; pinyin: Jǐngtài), which means "prosperity of the scene, peace of the country and the people".

[2] The county is home to a number of prominent tourist sites, such as the Yellow River Stone Forest, Yongtai Fortress, and other locations.

[3] From October 1963 to August 1985, Jingtai County was placed under the city of Wuwei, but was subsequently restored to Baiyin, which it remains part of today.

Geographical location and special irrigation system provide Jingtai County with unique conditions for agricultural development.

[2] The county is home to the Jingtaichuan Electric Power Lifting Irrigation Project (Chinese: 景泰川电力提灌工程),[2] which is the largest in all of China,[2] and in Asia.

Located at 37 degrees north latitude, Jingtai County experiences long hours of light and a large temperature difference between day and night.

The park has a total area of 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi), and the ancient stone forest group covers 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), which is formed in the lower Pleistocene Wuquanshan proluvial gravel layer 2.1 million years ago.

[4] The action of neotectonic movements, rain and flood erosions and gravitational collapse forms this peak cluster landscape with vertical and sharply contoured rock strata.

[4][14] Yongtai Fortress is located in the north foot of Tiger Mountain (Chinese: 老虎山; pinyin: Lǎohǔ Shān), in Sitan Township [zh], 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the county's urban center.

[4] Jingtai County has held the Yellow River Stone Forest international hiking race with over tens of thousands of people, the Yellow River Stone Forest culture and tourism festival, Wufo red date festival, and other major events representing unique scenes and agricultural products of Jingtai.