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Zhidan () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yan'an, in Northern Shaanxi of Shaanxi, China, bordering Gansu to the south. The county has an area of , and a population of 141,600 as of 2012. Zhidan County and surrounding areas host oil drilling and industry.
Journalist Edgar Snow visited the communist leaders in Bao'an in the summer and fall of 1936, and named the third part of his book Red Star Over China after this town.Edgar Snow, Red Star Over China. Multiple editions. Part Three: "In 'Defended Peace'". He described the town as follows:
Pao An was once a frontier stronghold... Remains of its fortifications, flame-struck in that afternoon sun, could be seen flanking the narrow pass through which once emptied into this valley the conquering legions of the Mongols. There was an inner city, still, where the garrisons were once quartered; and a high defensive masonry, lately improved by the Reds, embraced about a square mile in which the present town was located.
In 1937, Yan'an (Wade–Giles: Yenan) replaced Bao'an as the capital of Communist-held China.
The modern name of the county, Zhidan, takes its name from Liu Zhidan, military strategist and high-ranking leader of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army who died while leading the Eastern Expedition in April 1936.
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