Houma (Linfen)

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Houma (侯马 市) is a Chinese city in Shanxi Province , which belongs to the administrative area of ​​the city ​​of Linfen and is located in the south. It has an area of ​​274 km² and approx. 230,000 inhabitants (end of 2004).

Administrative structure

At the community level, Houma is made up of five street districts and three parishes. These are:

  • Ludong Street District (路 东 街道), population 32,053 (2000 census);
  • Street district Luxi (路 西 街道), 29,488 inhabitants, seat of the city government;
  • Kuaibin street district (浍 滨 街道), 37,643 inhabitants;
  • Road neighborhood Shangma (上马街道), 23,994 inhabitants;
  • Zhangcun Street District (张 村 街道), population 21,182;
  • Xintian Township (新 田乡), 45,181 residents;
  • Gaocun Parish (高 村乡), 17,915 inhabitants;
  • Fengcheng Township (凤 城乡), population 17,667.

history

Houma is famous for the alliance inscriptions found there on stone and jade plates from Houma .

Coordinates: 35 ° 36 '  N , 111 ° 21'  E