Xinxiang

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Xinxiang
新乡
Prefecture-level city
新乡市
Xinxiang's location in Henan province
Xinxiang's location in Henan province
CountryChina
ProvinceHenan
Government
 • Party ChiefWu Tianjun (吴天君)
 • MayorLi Qinggui (李庆贵)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city8,629 km2 (3,332 sq mi)
 • Urban
346 km2 (134 sq mi)
 • Metro
231 km2 (89 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Prefecture-level city5,707,801
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Urban
914,936
 • Urban density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
 • Metro
779,775
 • Metro density3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code373
GDP¥63.34 billion (2006)
Major NationalitiesHan
County-level divisions12
License plate prefixes豫G
Websitewww.xinxiang.gov.cn

Xinxiang (simplified Chinese: 新乡; traditional Chinese: 新鄉; pinyin: Xīnxiāng; Postal map spelling: Sinsiang) 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.

Its population is 5,707,801 at the 2010 census whom 779,775 in the built up area made of 3 urban districts (Weibin, Hongqi and Muye). As the city is expanding very quickly, in a few years, Huixian and Weihui cities as well as Fengquan district and Xinxiang county will be added to the built up area.

Administration

The prefecture-level city administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 6 counties.

History

Xinxiang was site of the Battle of Muye where the Shang Dynasty was overthrown by the Zhou. 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),which covers neighbouring cities Anyang,Hebi,Puyang,Jiaozhuo and Heze, between 1949 and 1952, for the purpose of exterminating banditi.

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.

Economy

There are several important enterprises located in Xinxiang, such as Frestech Refrigerator, Golden Dragon Copper Group, Bailu Chemical Fibre, Henan Kelong Group，AVIC XINHANG Industry Corporation etc.

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.

Rail

Xinxiang is located at the junction of the Beijing-Guangzhou, Xinxiang-Yueshan and the Xinxiang-Yanzhou Railways.

Military

Xinxiang is headquarters of the 54th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the Jinan Military Region responsible for defense of the Yellow River Plain.

Education

There are several universities and colleges located in the prefecture level city.

Twin towns

Xinxiang is twinned with:

See also

External links

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