Jincheng
Jincheng
晋城市 | |
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 Jincheng (red) in Shanxi (orange) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Jincheng Secretary | Zhang Jiuping (张九萍) |
| • Mayor | Wang Qingxian (王清宪) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 9,490 km2 (3,660 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,279,151 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 476,945 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 048000 |
| Area code | 0356 |
| Licence plates | 晋E |
| Administrative division code | 140500 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-14-05 |
| Website | www.JCOnline.cn |
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Jincheng (simplified Chinese: 晋城; traditional Chinese: 晉城; pinyin: Jìnchéng) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province of north China. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry.[2] The entire prefecture has a population of 2.2 million.[3]
The presence of such a large coal industry has given Jincheng a reputation for air pollution and in recent years the local government has invested heavily to promote better air quality in the city. This includes tree-planting, establishing and maintaining large parks and ecological reserves, shutting down or relocating some of the worst-polluting factories, and the generalized use of coalbed methane which burns much cleaner than coal.[4]
Geography
Jincheng is located in the southeast corner of Shanxi province. The prefecture-level city covens an area of 9,490-square-kilometers. It has 188,920 hectares of cultivated land.[5]
Administrative divisions
| Map | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) |
Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| Cheng District | 城区 | Chéngqū | 280,000 | 141 | 1,986 |
| Gaoping City | 高平市 | Gāopíng Shì | 480,000 | 946 | 507 |
| Zezhou County | 泽州县 | Zézhōu Xiàn | 510,000 | 2,023 | 252 |
| Qinshui County | 沁水县 | Qìnshuǐ Xiàn | 210,000 | 2,655 | 79 |
| Yangcheng County | 阳城县 | Yángchéng Xiàn | 390,000 | 1,968 | 198 |
| Lingchuan County | 陵川县 | Língchuān Xiàn | 250,000 | 1,751 | 143 |
Economy
Jincheng has considerable mineral resources, notably coal. Coal-beds account for more than 56% of the total area. Most of this is anthracite, a very valuable type of coal with few impurities. The anthracite in Jincheng makes up more than a quarter of the total in China and half of the total for Shanxi province. Jincheng also has a large coal mine methane field which was discovered in Qinshui county in 2001.[5]
Both anthracite and coal mine methane were mainly produced by Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group.
Transportation
Jincheng does not have a commercial airport, although the nearby cities of Zhengzhou, Changzhi and Luoyang do.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ "晋城市第六次人口普查结果公布". 晋城在线. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ 晋城主要资源
- ^ 晋城概述
- ^ Sun Ruisheng; He Dan (2012-11-09). "Jincheng: The coal city that's turning green". China Daily. p. 20. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Jincheng". 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "The Public information Network of Jincheng Government". Retrieved 23 May 2014.