Jincheng
| Jincheng 晋城市 | |
|---|---|
| Prefecture-level city | |
 The Tower of Rivers and Mountains overlooking the House of the Huangcheng Chancellor | |
.png) Location of Jincheng City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Jincheng Location of the city center in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 35°31′00″N 112°50′00″E / 35.51667°N 112.83333°E | |
| 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(s) | 0356 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-05 |
| Licence plates | 晋E |
| Administrative division code | 140500 |
| Website | www.JCOnline.cn |
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| Jincheng | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 晉城 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 晋城 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Jin City | ||||||||
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Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. 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 | |||||
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| 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 (in Chinese). Jincheng Online (晋城在线). Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ 晋城主要资源 [Jincheng primary natural resources]. Jincheng Online.
- ↑ 晋城概述. Jincheng Online.
- ↑ Sun Ruisheng; He Dan (2012-11-09). "Jincheng: The coal city that's turning green". China Daily. p. 20. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Jincheng". 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "The Public information Network of Jincheng Government". Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
External links
- Jincheng Online (in English)
- Jincheng Online (in Chinese)