Xinxiang
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| Xinxiang | |
| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| - Chinese | 新乡 |
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| - Pinyin | Xīnxiāng |
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| Coordinates: 35°18′N 113°52′E / 35.3°N 113.867°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Henan |
| Government | |
| - Party Chief | Wu Tianjun (吴天君) |
| - Mayor | Li Qinggui (李庆贵) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 8,169 km2 (3,154.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 5,580,000 |
| - Density | 683.1/km2 (1,769.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 373 |
| GDP | ¥63.34 billion (2006) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| Website | http://www.xinxiang.gov.cn |
Xinxiang (simplified Chinese: 新乡; traditional Chinese: 新鄉; pinyin: Xīnxiāng) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi and Shandong to its northwest and east respectively.
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[edit] Administration
The prefecture-level city administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 6 counties.
- Weibin District (卫滨区)
- Hongqi District (红旗区)
- Muye District (牧野区}
- Fengquan District (凤泉区}
- Huixian City (辉县市}
- Weihui City (卫辉市)
- Xinxiang County (新乡县)
- Huojia County (获嘉县)
- Yuanyang County (原阳县)
- Yanjin County (延津县)
- Fengqiu County (封丘县)
- Changyuan County (长垣县)
[edit] History
Xinxiang was a battlefield during Muye War, which was the earliest big war in Chinese history. Xinxiang dates from the Sui dynasty (581-618) and was a small market center before being developed as an industrial center in the 1950s. It also served as the capital of the short-lived Pingyuan province (平原省) between 1949 and 1952.
[edit] Agriculture and industry
Textiles and processed food are major manufactures.It has a large number of heavy industry in machine making.As an old textiles basement the cotton industry is very developed in Xinxiang.
[edit] Transport
The city is a rail junction and industrial center at the head of navigation on the Wei River (卫河). The river, made navigable for small vessels by river improvements in the 1950s, links the city with Tianjin, the main port for Beijing. Later, due to heavy industrial chemical pollution, the river course had been totally cut off and got filled up. After recent dredges, it is still no more than a man-made lake.
[edit] Major Enterprises
There are several important enterprises located in Xinxiang, such as Frestech Refrigerator, Golden Dragon Copper Group, Bailu Chemical Fibre, Henan Kelong Group etc.
[edit] Universities and Colleges
- Henan Normal University
- Xinxiang University: newly combined university located in the eastern part of Xinxiang, it has 21 faculties and 3 centers
- Henan Institute of Science and Technology
- Xinxiang Medical University
- Henan Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College
- Xinxiang Hygiene School
[edit] See also
History of the political divisions of China
[edit] External links
- Government website of Xinxiang (in Simplified Chinese)
- Window on Xinxiang (available in Chinese and English)
- Xinxiang University (in simplified Chinese)
- Henan Kelong Group (available in Chinese and English)
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