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Tangshan
唐山市 | |
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From top, left to right: Eastern Qing tombs, Tangshan Southlake Convention & Exhibition Center, Dachengshan Park, Cao Xueqin Cultural Park, Tangshan Art Museum | |
| Nickname: Phoenix City (凤凰城) | |
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.png) Location of Tangshan City jurisdiction in Hebei | |
  Tangshan Location of the city centre in Hebei  Tangshan Tangshan (Northern China)  Tangshan Tangshan (China) | |
| Coordinates (Tangshan government): 39°37′46″N 118°10′26″E / 39.62944°N 118.17389°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Established | January 28, 1938 |
| Municipal seat | Lubei District |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Zhang Chengzhong (张成中) |
| • Mayor | Tian Guoliang (田国良) |
| Area | |
| 13,472 km2 (5,202 sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 3,874 km2 (1,496 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 7,717,983 | |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4,963,907 |
| • Metro | 3,687,607 |
| • Metro density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 891 billion US$ 100 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 86,667 US$12,563 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 063000 |
| Area code | 315 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-02 |
| License Plate Prefix | 冀B |
| Website | tangshan |
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| Chinese | 唐山 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Mountain of Tang" (Dacheng Hill) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山; pinyin: Tángshān) is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Bohai Rim and serves as the main traffic corridor to the Northeast. The city faces the Bohai Sea in the south, the Yan Mountains in the north, Qinhuangdao across the Luan River to the east, and Tianjin to the west.
Much of the city's development is thanks to the industrialization, beginning in 1870, when Kailuan Group established coal mines in the region. It's the birthplace of China's first standard-gauge railway,[3] the first railway plant,[4] the first steam locomotive,[5] and the first cement factory.[6] It was hailed as China's "cradle of industrialization". Even today, Tangshan is a hub of steel, energy, chemical, and ceramics production.[7] Ping opera, which originated from the city's Luanzhou county, is one of the five most popular Chinese operas.
The city has also become known for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale, flattened much of the city, and killed at least 255,000 residents according to official estimates. The city has since been rebuilt, has become a tourist attraction, and is among the 10 largest ports in China.[8]
The city of Tangshan is approximately 149 km (93 mi) east by south east of Beijing and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Tianjin.[9] Tangshan's prefecture population was 7,717,983 at the 2020 census, with 3,687,607 in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 7 urban core districts.
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- ^ Xiangming Pan (2009). 唐胥铁路史实考辨. Jianghai Academic Journal (4): 185～191.
- ^ 工业概况-中国唐山. www.tangshan.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ 开滦国家矿山公园. www.kailuanpark.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ Lei Yang. 开平矿务局创办中国第一家水泥厂. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ^ 国务院关于印发"十三五"现代综合交通运输体系发展规划的通知_政府信息公开专栏. www.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Top 10 ports in China". www.china.org.cn. China Org. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ The guide to port entry (21 ed.). London: IHS Fairplay guides. 1 January 2017.