Xinxiang
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| Administration Type | Prefecture-level city |
| Area | 8,169 km² |
| Population | 5,505,000 |
| GDP | ¥38.08 billion (2003) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| Township-level divisions | Unknown |
| Area Code | 373 |
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 of Hebi 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)
- Yanjing County (延津县)
- Fengqiu County (封丘县)
- Changhuan County (长垣县)
[edit] History
Xixiang dated 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 between 1949 and 1952. Population (1991) 526,357.
[edit] Agriculture and industry
Textiles and processed food are major manufactures.
[edit] Transport
The city is a rail junction and industrial center at the head of navigation on the Wei River. The river, made navigable for small vessels by river improvements in the 1950s, links the city with Tianjin, the main port for Beijing.
[edit] External links
- Government website of Xinxiang (in Simplified Chinese)
- Window on Xinxiang (available in Chinese and English)
Prefecture-level divisions of Henan
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