Fuxin

Fuxin (Chinese: 阜新; pinyin: Fùxīn) is a prefecture-level city in the Liaoning province of northeastern China. Urban population of Fuxin City (2000): 785,000.

Administration

Fuxin has direct administration over 7 county-level divisions: 5 districts, 1 county and 1 autonomous county:

• Haizhou District (海州区; pinyin: Hǎizhōu Qū)
• Xinqiu District (新邱区; pinyin: Xīnqiū Qū)
• Taiping District (太平区; pinyin: Tàipíng Qū)
• Qinghemen District (清河门区; pinyin: Qīnghémén Qū)
• Xihe District (细河区; pinyin: Xìhé Qū)
• Zhangwu County (彰武县; pinyin: Zhāngwǔ Xiàn)
• Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County (阜新蒙古族自治县; pinyin: Fùxīn Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn)

Geography

Fuxin is located west-northwest of Shenyang, the provincial capital.

Economy

Fuxin is a mining center in an agricultural region. The city suffers from the over-mining of coal, which is low in supply while fundamental in Fuxin's economy.

Miscellaneous

The Liaoning Technical University is located in Fuxin.

Transportation

Fuxin is served by the China National Highway 101, which connects Beijing to Shenyang.

See also

• 2005 Liaoning mine disaster

External link

• Information about Fuxin