Xinxiang

Xinxiang
—  Prefecture-level city  —
Chinese transcription(s)
- Chinese	新乡
- Pinyin	Xīnxiāng
Xinxiang's location in Henan province
Xinxiang Location in China
Coordinates: 35°18′N 113°52′E / 35.3°N 113.867°E / 35.3; 113.867
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; 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.

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)

History

Xinxiang was the battlefield of Muye War at the end of Shang Dynasty,which was the earliest recorded 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),which covers neighbouring cities Anyang,Hebi,Puyang,Jiaozhuo and Hezhe, between 1949 and 1952, for the purpose of externimating 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.

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.

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.

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

See also

History of the political divisions of China

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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