Tangshan

Tangshan (Cheenese: 唐山; pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a lairgely industrial prefectur-level ceety in Hebei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It haes become kent for the 1976 Tangshan yirdquauk whilk measured 7.5 on the Richter scale an killed at least 255,000 residents. The ceety haes syne been rebiggit an haes become a tourist attraction. Geography Tangshan is locatit in the central section o the circum-Bohai Sea Gulf region, forenenst the Bohai Sea tae the sooth. Tangshan is neist tae Yanshan muntains tae the north, borders the Luan River an Qinhuangdao tae the east, an tae the wast jynes ontae Beijing an Tianjin. It is a strategic area an a corridor bindin twa major regions o North Cheenae an Northeast Cheenae. Tangshan is pairt o the North Cheenae Plain, wi Yanshan Muntains lyin tae the north. The lairgest river in Tangshan is the Luan. Admeenistration The prefecture-level ceety o Tangshan administers 14 coonty-level diveesions includin 6 districts, 6 coonties an 2 coonty-level ceeties. History Tangshan ceety haes a history o ower ane hunder years. Its name derives frae Dachengshan Muntain in the urban ceety. Tangshan suffered an yirdquauk o moment magnitude 8.2 (7.8 frae offeecial report) at 3:42 a.m. on Julie 28, 1976, the Tangshan yirdquauk, whilk resultit in mony casualties. The offeecial daith toll wis 255,000, but mony experts believe that the actual nummer o fatalities wis twa tae three times that nummer, makin it the maist destructive yirdquauk in modren history. As a result o the yirdquauk, maist o the toun haed tae be biggit agane. Internaitional relations Twin touns — Sister ceeties Tangshan is twinned wi: Sakata, Japan Żyrardów, Poland Malmö, Swaden Lincoln Lincolnshire, Unitit Kinrick Cedar Rapids, USA References