Administration Type	Prefecture-level city
Area	7,355 km²
Population	5.25 million (2002)
GDP	¥21.35 billion (1996)
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	9
Township-level divisions	Unknown
Area Code	372

Anyang (Simplified Chinese: 安阳, Traditional Chinese: 安陽; pinyin: Ānyáng) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. Image File history File links ChinaHenanAnyang. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Henan (Chinese: 河南; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... Puyang (Simplified Chinese: 濮阳; Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, China. ... Hebi is a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in the North of Henan province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The city Xinxiang (Simplified Chinese: 新乡; Traditional Chinese: 新鄉; pinyin: Xīnxiāng) is situated in the Henan Province in eastern China. ... Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a province in the northern part of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Anyang administers 4 districts, 1 county-level city and 4 counties. We have Anyang University, one of the finest universities in Korea. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ... A county-level city (县级市 Pinyin: xiànjí shì) is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. ... In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). ...

• Beiguan District (北关区)
• Wenfeng District (文峰区)
• Yindu District (殷都区)
• Long'an District (龙安区)
• Linzhou City (林州市)
• Anyang County (安阳县)
• Tangyin County (汤阴县)
• Hua County (滑县)
• Neihuang County (内黄县)

History

Anyang is the site of the ancient Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC) capital known as Yinxu, or "the ruin of Yin" - the last capital of Shang Dynasty that was annihilated by the Martial King (Wu Wang) of Zhou Dynasty in the 11th century BC. The Shāng Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝) or YÄ«n Dynasty (殷代) (ca. ... (Redirected from 1600 BC) Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC Decades: 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC Events and trends Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty The creation of one of... (Redirected from 1046 BC) Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC Decades: 1090s BC 1080s BC 1070s BC 1060s BC 1050s BC - 1040s BC - 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC 1000s BC 990s BC Events and Trends 1048 BC - Medon, King of Athens, dies after a reign... Yinxu (殷墟) was the ancient capital of the latter part of the Shang Dynasty of China. ... The Shāng Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝) or YÄ«n Dynasty (殷代) (ca. ... King Wu of Zhou (Chinese: 周武王; pinyin: ) or King Wu of Chou was the first sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. ... The Zhou Dynasty (Chinese: 周朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: chou chao; 11th century BC to 256 BC) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. ...

Anyang's Tangyin County was the seat of Yue Village, birth place of the famous Song Dynasty general Yue Fei. The Song Dynasty (Chinese: ) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279. ... Statue of Yue Fei, from the Yue Fei Mausoleum in Hangzhou. ...

The contemporary Anyang was constructed in 1368 AD during the Ming Dynasty. Events Timur ascends throne of Samarkand. ... The Míng Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: Míng Cháo) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644. ...

Economy

Anyang's opening to the outside world has enabled its foreign economic relations and trade progress rapidly. Sixteen foreign-funded enterprises (Joint Ventures, cooperative enterprises and wholly foreign-owned enterprised) have been estatblished. Recently, Anyang has established an economic and technological development zone covering a total area of 22.8 square kilometers and issued a series of preferential policies to attract many domestic Chinese and foreign businesses. A multichannel, all-round foreign relations and trade network have been set up to lay a foundation for developing Anyang's economy. A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is a strategic alliance between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. ...

Tourism

Anyang City is an ancient city with a history of over 3,000 years and used to be one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. It is one of the key birthplaces of Chinese ancient culture. Here are the primitive caves of 25,000 years ago, the overlapping stratums of the Yangshao Culture, Longshan Culture and Xiaotun Culture, the memorial mausoleums of ancient Emperor Zhuan Xie and Emperor Ku over 4,000 years ago, the first library of inscriptions on bones of tortoise shells (oracle bone), the Soul Spring Temple known as the "First Ancient Buddhist Temple in Henan", and 10,000-Buddha Ravine, as well as unique Wenfeng Pagoda, Xiuding Temple Pagoda and Mingfu Temple Pagoda. Anyang has a beautiful natural scenery. There are the Taihang Linlu Hill Scenic Area on the 400-kilometer Taihang Mountains and the grand 1,500-kilometer man-made Red Flag Canal. If you are interested in flying, you may visit the Anyang Aviation Sports School known as the "International Aviation Tourist Park" and take part in airplane and helicopter flying, parachuting, hang gliding, hot air balloon and other aviation sports. The Chinese phrase Four Great Ancient Capitals of China (Traditional Chinese: 中國四大古都; Simplified Chinese: 中国四大古都; pinyin Zhōngguó Sì Dà Gǔdū) traditionally refers to Nanjing, Beijing, Luoyang, and Xian. ... Goldenville Strata exposed at a quarry in Bedford, Canada. ... Yangshao culture (仰韶文化) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. ... Longshan culture (龍山文化) was a late Neolithic culture centered around the central and lower Yellow River in China. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hang gliding is one of the windsports. ...

External links

• Government website of Anyang (in Simplified Chinese)