Pucheng County () is a county in the east of Shaanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan. The county spans an area of , and has a total population of 761,776 as of 2022.
According to the Taiping Huanyu Ji, the county derives its name from an ancient city named Pucheng () in the area that existed during the Western Wei.
During the Spring and Autumn period, a city named Chongquan () was established in the southeast of present-day Pucheng County.
During the Qin dynasty, the area was organized as Chongquan County (). Chongquan County would exist for more than 600 years, before eventually being abolished during the Northern Wei dynasty. In 487 CE, under the Northern Wei, the area was reorganized as Nanbaishui County (). In 540 CE, during the Western Wei, the area was renamed to Pucheng County (), its current name. Pucheng County was renamed to Fengxian County () in 716 CE, during the Tang dynasty. The new name, Fengxian, was derived from a phrase calling for people to worship Emperor Ruizong, who had died that year, and was buried in the located in the county. Fengxian County was renamed back to Pucheng County in 971 CE, during the Song dynasty, and has remained unnamed since.
In January 2025, there were in Pucheng County after the death of a student in disputed circumstances.
Pucheng County is located within the central portion of Weinan, in the eastern portion of Shaanxi. It spans an area of , with a maximum east to west distance of , and a maximum north to south distance of . The county is bordered by Chengcheng County and Dali County to the east, Linwei District to the south, Fuping County to the west, Yintai District of the prefecture-level city of Tongchuan to the northwest, and Baishui County to the north.
The county's landscape is split between the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi, and the Guanzhong Plain of central Shaanxi. Major rivers in the county include the Luo River, and its tributaries, the Baishui River () and the Dayu River ().
As of 2023, Pucheng County is divided to 2 subdistricts and 15 townships. These 17 township-level divisions then, in turn, administered 25 residential communities and 269 administrative villages.
At the end of 2022, Pucheng County had a population of 761,776. Of the county's population, 272,355 people lived in urban areas, and 489,421 lived in rural areas, giving it an urbanization rate of 35.75%. The population included 388,490 males and 373,286 females, giving it a sex ratio of 104.07 males per 100 females. In 2022, the county had a birth rate of 6.27â°, and rate of natural increase of -0.004â°. As of 2022, 18.32% of the county's population was 17 years old and younger, 21.25% was aged 18âÂÂ34, 37.67% was aged 35âÂÂ59, and 22.75% was 60 years old and older.
As of 2022, the county had of cultivated land. Major crops grown in Pucheng County include wheat, corn, tubers, beans, cotton, rapeseed, apples, pears, peaches, jujubes, apricots, persimmons, and Sichuan peppercorn. The main types of livestock raised in Pucheng County include pigs, chickens, cattle, goats, and sheep.
The most prominent mineral deposits in Pucheng County are coal and limestone, although the county also has deposits of pyrite, bauxite, dolomite, clay, kaolin, mirabilite, geothermal water, humic coal.