Xinxiang

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Location of Xinxiang in Henan

Xinxiang ( 新鄉 市  /  新乡 市 , Xīnxiāng shì  - "New Home") is a district-free city in the north of the Chinese province of Henan . In the census of 2010 Xinxiang had 5,707,801 inhabitants, of which 779,775 in the inner city districts Weibin , Hongqi and Muye (comparative figures: about 5,510,000 inhabitants (end of 2004), of which 748,165 (1 January 2005) into the inner Boroughs).

geography

location

The city of Xinxiang is predominantly located in the lowlands and extends over an area of ​​8,629 km². It borders the provincial capital Zhengzhou in the southwest, Kaifeng in the southeast, Hebi and Anyang in the north and Jiaozuo in the west. In the northwest and east are the provinces of Shanxi and Shandong .

climate

With an average annual temperature of 14 ° C, Xinxiang enjoys a mild continental climate with four distinctly different seasons. Central Europeans find spring and autumn particularly pleasant.

history

Xinxiang was the site of the Battle of Muye , in which the Shang Dynasty was defeated by the Zhou Dynasty . During the Sui Dynasty (581–618), Xinxiang County was a small market town. It was expanded into an industrial center in the 1950s. From 1949 to 1952, Xinxiang was the capital of the short-lived Pingyuan Province (平原 省), which at that time also included the neighboring cities of Anyang , Hebi , Puyang , Jiaozuo and Heze .

administration

The city consists of four urban districts, five districts and three independent cities:

  • Weibin district (卫 滨 区), 52 km², approx. 200,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Hongqi district (红旗 区), 99 km², approx. 280,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • District Fengquan (凤泉区), km² 115, about 130,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • City district Muye (牧野 区), 80 km², approx. 270,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Xinxiang County (新乡 县), 365 km², approx. 310,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Huojia district (获嘉 县), 473 km², approx. 390,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Circle Yuanyang (原阳县) km² 1339, about 660,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Circle Yanjin (延津县), 946 square kilometers, about 470,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • Circle Fengqiu (封丘县), 1,220 km², about 730,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • City of Changyuan (长垣 市), 1,051 km², approx. 790,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • City of Weihui (卫辉 市), 882 km², approx. 480,000 inhabitants (2003);
  • City of Huixian (辉县 市), 2,007 km², approx. 780,000 inhabitants (2003).

Economy and Infrastructure

Natural resources and energy

So far, 20 different minerals have been discovered in the vicinity of Xinxiang, including coal with 8.4 billion tons alone, as well as limestone , granite and clay . The Yellow River and its tributaries secure the water supply . With a capacity of 1700 megawatts, Xinxiang is the most important electricity supplier in central China. The Baoquan Hydraulic Power Plant (4 × 300 megawatts) and the Baoshan Power Plant (2 × 600 megawatts) are under construction.

Agriculture and industry

The favorable climate and fertile soil create good conditions for growing wheat and cotton . As an early center of cotton processing, Xinxiang is still a producer of textiles today. Other goods are food. In the area of ​​heavy industry, mechanical engineering is particularly important.

Companies

Xinxiang is home to several major companies including Frestech Refrigerator , Golden Dragon Copper Group , Bailu Chemical Fiber , Henan Kelong Group, and Avic Xinhang Industry Corporation .

The Henan Xinxiang Economic Development Zone with a planned area of ​​30 km² is an industrial development zone with the main areas of medicine, chemistry and mechanical engineering. More than 35 companies are based there. The Henan Changyuan Crane Industry Zone, one of the most important Chinese production facilities for cranes with around 140 companies, covers a further 20 km². Cranes for heavy loads, for containers and for port facilities are mainly manufactured there.

With the Qiaobei New District, an area expected to be 16.9 km² will be created, which will specialize in hi-tech products from the fields of agriculture, trade and logistics.

education and parenting

With six universities and colleges and 120,000 enrolled students, Xinxiang in Henan Province ranks second behind the provincial capital Zhengzhou . The teaching institutes are:

Of the city's 105 research institutes, three are run by the state:

  • China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation;
  • Farmland Irrigation Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences;
  • Precise Copper Tube Project Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

traffic

Xinxiang is located on the railway line from Beijing to Canton . The city is also connected to Tianjin by the Wei River (卫 河), which was made navigable for smaller boats in the 1950s . Discharges from the chemical industry caused the Wei to silt up. A lake was initially restored by dredging. The river has now largely recovered. Highway 107 runs through Xinxiang from Beijing to Shenzhen . The expressways from Beijing to Hong Kong and Macau are under construction , as well as from Daqing to Guangzhou , from Jiyuan to Dongming and from Xinxiang to Lingchuan . While a second bridge over the Yellow River is already in operation, a third and fourth bridge are being planned.

military

As the headquarters of the 54th Army Group of the People's Liberation Army , Xinxiang and two other army groups are responsible for the defense of the plains on the Yellow River in the Jinan region.

Culture and sights

Although the city in its current form was only founded in 1952, the region can look back on a long history. 46 cultural sites that are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (Henan) testify to this . There are also around 60 other sights of national or regional importance.

Baiquan

A "hundred springs" (Baiquan) is the name given to a landscape 22 km from Xinxiang with numerous watercourses, which was valued for its beauty over 3000 years ago. This is proven by several archaeological finds.

Baligou

Baligou, 50 km from Xinxiang, is known for its lakes and waterfalls against the backdrop of the green Taihang Mountains .

Bigan

Bigan Tomb and Temple were built in memory of a minister in the time of Emperor Zhou Wuwang-Keyin. They date to around the 5th century AD. There are more than 100 stone tablets in the temple, including a historically and calligraphically significant plaque to commemorate Bigan. The text praises the minister's patriotic sentiments and became the model for later inscriptions.

Guanshan Geology Park

The square kilometer area near Huixian is evidence of shifts in the earth's crust around 2.5 billion years ago. The most important formations are the "Heavenly Ladder" Yi Xian tian, a group of columnar rocks, the "Heavenly Bridge" and the Great Cliff. Waterfalls, springs, crystal clear streams and deep ponds shape the landscape.

Lujian wang mu

13 km north of the city center is the mausoleum of Prince Lujian, brother of Emperor Wan Li , on the southern slope of Mount Fenghuang . As an almost identical copy of a tomb of the Ming Dynasty on the periphery of Beijing , it reflects the prince's striving for power. 13 groups of real and mythological animals frame the portal of the tomb, which was damaged during the Cultural Revolution . So far it has only been partially restored to its original state, but it is the best-preserved Ming tomb in China.

Twin cities

Sister cities of Xinxiang are:

A friendship agreement was signed on April 25, 2012 with the Bergisch city of Wuppertal . Relations with Wuppertal, the birthplace of Friedrich Engels , who is particularly valued in China , intensified after Xinxiang's Mayor Zhou Jian visited Germany in April 2011.

Web links

Commons : Xinxiang  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 18 '  N , 113 ° 53'  E