Tangshan
Tangshan (Cheenese: 唐山; pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a lairgely industrial prefectur-level ceety in Hebei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It haes acome kent for the 1976 Tangshan yirdquauk which measured 7.5 on the Richter scale an killed at least 255,000 residents. The ceety haes syne been rebuilt an haes acome a tourist attraction.
Geography
eeditTangshan is locatit in the central section o the circum-Bohai Sea Gulf region, facin the Bohai Sea tae the sooth. Tangshan is adjacent tae Yanshan muntains tae the north, borders the Luan River an Qinhuangdao tae the east, an tae the wast adjoins wi Beijing an Tianjin. It is a strategic aurie an a corridor linkin twa major regions o North Cheenae an Northeast Cheenae.
Tangshan is pairt o the North Cheenae Plain, wi Yanshan Muntains lyin tae the north. The lairgest river in Tangshan is the Luan.
Admeenistration
eeditThe prefecture-level ceety o Tangshan administers 14 coonty-level diveesions includin 6 districts, 6 coonties an 2 coonty-level ceeties.
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# | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) | Aurie (km²) | Density (/km²) |
1 | Lubei District | 路北区 | Lùběi Qū | 620,000 | 113 | 5,487 |
2 | Lunan District | 路南区 | Lùnán Qū | 240,000 | 65 | 3,692 |
3 | Guye District | 古冶区 | Gǔyě Qū | 360,000 | 263 | 1,369 |
4 | Kaiping District | 开平区 | Kāipíng Qū | 330,000 | 253 | 1,304 |
5 | Fengrun District | 丰润区 | Fēngrùn Qū | 890,000 | 1,334 | 667 |
6 | Fengnan District | 丰南区 | Fēngnán Qū | 520,000 | 1,568 | 332 |
7 | Zunhua Ceety | 遵化市 | Zūnhuà Shì | 690,000 | 1,521 | 454 |
8 | Qian'an Ceety | 迁安市 | Qiān'ān Shì | 680,000 | 1,208 | 563 |
9 | Luan Coonty | 滦县 | Luán Xiàn | 540,000 | 999 | 541 |
10 | Luannan Coonty | 滦南县 | Luánnán Xiàn | 570,000 | 1,270 | 449 |
11 | Leting Coonty | 乐亭县 | Làoting Xiàn | 490,000 | 1,308 | 375 |
12 | Qianxi Coonty | 迁西县 | Qiānxī Xiàn | 360,000 | 1,439 | 250 |
13 | Yutian Coonty | 玉田县 | Yùtián Xiàn | 660,000 | 1,165 | 567 |
14 | Tanghai Coonty | 唐海县 | Tánghǎi Xiàn | 140,000 | 700 | 200 |
History
eeditTangshan ceety haes a history o ower ane hunder years. Its name derives frae Dachengshan Muntain in the urban ceety.
Tangshan suffered an yirdquauk o moment magnitude 8.2 (7.8 frae offeecial report) at 3:42 a.m. on Julie 28, 1976, the Tangshan yirdquauk, which resultit in mony casualties. The offeecial daith toll wis 255,000, but mony experts believe that the actual nummer o fatalities wis twa tae three times that nummer, makin it the maist destructive yirdquauk in modren history. As a result o the yirdquauk, maist o the toun haed tae be rebuilt.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditTangshan is twinned wi:
- Sakata, Japan
- Żyrardów, Poland
- Malmö, Swaden[1]
- Lincoln Lincolnshire, Unitit Kinrick
- Cedar Rapids, USA
References
eedit- ↑ "Malmö stads vänortssamarbete" (in Swadish). © 2004-2009 Malmö stad, 205 80 Malmö, Organisationsnummer: 212000-1124. Archived frae the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 Juin 2009. freemit airtin in
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Coordinates: 39°37′46″N 118°10′26″E / 39.6294°N 118.1739°E