Tangshan

Tangshan () 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.

 Cairt 400px # Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2004 est.) Aurie (km²) Density (/km²)1Lubei District路北区Lùběi Qū620,0001135,4872Lunan District路南区Lùnán Qū240,000653,6923Guye District古冶区Gǔyě Qū360,0002631,3694Kaiping District开平区Kāipíng Qū330,0002531,3045Fengrun District丰润区Fēngrùn Qū890,0001,3346676Fengnan District丰南区Fēngnán Qū520,0001,5683327Zunhua Ceety遵化市Zūnhuà Shì690,0001,5214548Qian'an Ceety迁安市Qiān'ān Shì680,0001,2085639Luan Coonty滦县Luán Xiàn540,00099954110Luannan Coonty滦南县Luánnán Xiàn570,0001,27044911Leting Coonty乐亭县Làoting Xiàn490,0001,30837512Qianxi Coonty迁西县Qiānxī Xiàn360,0001,43925013Yutian Coonty玉田县Yùtián Xiàn660,0001,16556714Tanghai Coonty唐海县Tánghǎi Xiàn140,000700200

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

Category:Tangshan
Category:Ceeties in Hebei
Category:Prefectur-level diveesions o Hebei