Tangshan

Location in Hebei

Tangshan (Cheenese: 唐山; ) is a lairgely industrial prefectur-level ceety in Hebei province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. It haes become kent for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which measured 7.5 on the Richter scale an killed at least 255,000 residents. The ceety haes since been rebuilt an haes become a tourist attraction.

Geography

Tangshan is locatit in the central section o the circum-Bohai Sea Gulf region, facin the Bohai Sea tae the sooth. Tangshan is adjacent tae Yanshan muntains tae the north, borders the Luan River an Qinhuangdao tae the east, an tae the wast adjoins wi Beijing an Tianjin. It is a strategic aurie an a corridor linkin 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.

Map
#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Aurie (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Lubei District	路北区	Lùběi Qū	620,000	113	5,487
2	Lunan District	路南区	Lùnán Qū	240,000	65	3,692
3	Guye District	古冶区	Gǔyě Qū	360,000	263	1,369
4	Kaiping District	开平区	Kāipíng Qū	330,000	253	1,304
5	Fengrun District	丰润区	Fēngrùn Qū	890,000	1,334	667
6	Fengnan District	丰南区	Fēngnán Qū	520,000	1,568	332
7	Zunhua Ceety	遵化市	Zūnhuà Shì	690,000	1,521	454
8	Qian'an Ceety	迁安市	Qiān'ān Shì	680,000	1,208	563
9	Luan Coonty	滦县	Luán Xiàn	540,000	999	541
10	Luannan Coonty	滦南县	Luánnán Xiàn	570,000	1,270	449
11	Leting Coonty	乐亭县	Làoting Xiàn	490,000	1,308	375
12	Qianxi Coonty	迁西县	Qiānxī Xiàn	360,000	1,439	250
13	Yutian Coonty	玉田县	Yùtián Xiàn	660,000	1,165	567
14	Tanghai Coonty	唐海县	Tánghǎi Xiàn	140,000	700	200

History

Tangshan ceety haes a history o ower ane hunder years. Its name derives frae Dachengshan Muntain in the urban ceety.

Tangshan suffered an earthquake o moment magnitude 8.2 (7.8 frae offeecial report) at 3:42 a.m. on Julie 28, 1976, the Tangshan earthquake, which resultit in mony casualties. The offeecial daith toll wis 255,000, but mony experts believe that the actual number o fatalities wis twa tae three times that number, makin it the maist destructive earthquake in modren history. As a result o the earthquake, maist o the toun haed tae be rebuilt.

Internaitional relations

See an aa:Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Tangshan is twinned wi:

• Sakata, Japan
• Żyrardów, Poland
• Malmö, Swaden
• Lincoln Lincolnshire, Unitit Kinrick
• Cedar Rapids, USA