Tangshan
Tangshan (Chinese: 唐山; pinyin: Tángshān shì) is a mainly industrial prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It became known after the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, 7.5 on the Richter scale which flattened the city. The city has since been rebuilt and has become a tourist attraction.
Geography
Tangshan is located in the central section of circum-Bohai Sea Gulf region, facing the Bohai Sea in the south, depends on Yanshan mountains in the north, border Luanhe with Qinhuangdao city in the east, the west adjoin with Beijing, Tianjin. It is a throat strategic area and corridor linking two major regions of North China and Northeast China.
Tangshan is part of North China Plain, with Yanshan Mountains lying its north. The greatest river in Tangshan is Luanhe, which ranks No.2 in North China.
Administration
The prefecture-level city of Tangshan administers 16 county-level divisions including 6 districts, 6 counties, 2 county-level cities and 2 county-level farms.
Districts Lunan District (路南区)
Lubei District (路北区)
Fengrun District (丰润区)
Fengnan District (丰南区)
Kaiping District (开平区)
Guye District (古冶区)
Counties Tanghai County (唐海县)
Luannan County (滦南县)
Luan County (滦县)
Leting County (乐亭县)
Qianxi County (迁西县)
Yutian County (玉田县)
County-level Cities Zunhua (遵化市)
Qian'an (迁安市)
County-level Farms Lutai Farm (芦台农场)
Hangu Farm (汉沽农场)
History
Tangshan city has a history of over one hundred years. Its name derives from Dachengshan Mountain in the urban city.
Tangshan suffered an earthquake of moment magnitude 8.2 (7.8 from official report) at 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, the Tangshan earthquake, which resulted in a tragically colossal number of casualties. The official death toll was 255,000, but many experts believe that the actual number of fatalities was two to three times that number, making it the most destructive earthquake in modern history. As a result of the earthquake, most of the town had to be rebuilt.
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Economy and Industry
Tangshan is an important heavy industry city in North China. Its manufactures include machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, glass, petroleum products, and cement. It is a coal-mining center since late Qing Dynasty, as Cantonese merchant Tong King-sing opened the first coal mine using modern techniques in Kaiping in 1877. . With the construction of Caofeidian Project, it launches large iron and steel plants, chemical projects, and electricity works. Tangshan is also called "the capital of porcelain in north China".
Historically, the Chinese modern industry started in this city. The first railway in China was built from Xugezhuang（胥各庄) to Tangshan in 1877 and the first fire-resistant material manufactory, and the first and largest cement manufactory were constructed in Tangshan as well.
In 2008, the GDP of Tangshan was ¥356.119 billion, ranked No.1 in all the prefecture-level cities in Hebei Province, and No.19 in China. GDP per capita reached ¥48,190 ($6,817).
Industrial zone
Caofeidian New Area
Traditional Arts
Ping Opera (Pingju 评剧)
Tangshan Shadow Play (Tangshan Piying 唐山皮影)
Laoting Drums (Leting Dagu 乐亭大鼓)
Education
[http://www.ts-edu.net.cn Tangshan No.1 high middle school] (founded in 1902), one of the most famous high schools in China
Sights
Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty
Jingzhong Mountain, a religious shrine for the believers of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism
The Anti-seismic Monument, landmark of Tangshan, located in The Anti-seismic Square
Notable people
Li Dazhao early founder of Communist Party of China
Jiang Wen a contemporary director and actor
Cao Xueqin author of Dream of the Red Chamber
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Tangshan is twinned with:
Sakata, Japan
Żyrardów, Poland
Malmö, Sweden
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Cedar Rapids, USA
Translation
The word "Tangshan" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Esperanto, Basque, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Min Nan: Tn̂g-soaⁿ, Persian: تانگشان, Korean: 탕산 시, Lithuanian: Tangšanas, Malayalam: ടാങ്ഷാന്, Marathi: तांग्शान, Japanese: 唐山市, Russian: Таншань, Uyghur: Tangshen shehiri, Vietnamese: Đường Sơn, Chinese: 唐山市.
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