葫芦岛
Huludao

Abbreviation: - (pinyin: -)
Origin of Name	Renamed from 锦西 (Jinxi) in 1994
Seat of Government	Longgang District
Area	10,415 km²
Population  - Total (Year)  - Density	2,730,000
GDP in RMB¥  - Total (Year)  - per capita	- ¥ - ¥
Misc -
Administration Type	prefecture-level city.
CPC Huludao Committee Secretary
Mayor	Shu Zhaolin (孙兆林)
County-level divisions	-
Township-level divisions	-
Postal Code	1250nn
Area Code	0429
License Plate Prefix	辽P

Huludao (Simplified Chinese: 葫芦岛; Traditional Chinese: 葫蘆島; Hanyu Pinyin: Húludǎo) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning Province, China. It is one of the two municipal cities (the other one is Jinzhou) in the Liaoxi Passage (also called Liaoxi Corridor, 辽西走廊). Founded as a municipality in 1989 （first called Jinxi，then renamed Huludao in 1994）, Huludao has a total area of 10,415 square kilometers, a population of 2.73 million up to 2004. It has been suggested that Apocopation be merged into this article or section. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: , lit. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... 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. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally peoples currency) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally peoples currency) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... 100 Renminbi Yuan issued in 1999 The renminbi (Simplified Chinese: 人民币; Traditional Chinese: 人民幣; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally peoples currency) is the official currency in the mainland of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... 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. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name) or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... 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 Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1500, 501 KB) Description: Maps of Liaoning Province, China Source: Date: On Sep. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: , lit. ... 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. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... For the city in Hebei provonce, see Jinzhou, Hebei. ...

Huludao (Suizhong county) is the hometown of China's first astronaut Yáng Lìwěi. Suizhong (Chinese: 绥中; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a county in Huludao City, Liaoning Province in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Dr. Yáng LìwÄ›i (Simplified Chinese: 杨利伟; Traditional Chinese: 楊利偉) (born June 21, 1965) is an astronaut (hangtianyuan) or Taikonaut (or yuhangyuans) and the Peoples Republic of Chinas first man in space. ...

Geography

Huludao's central geographical coordinates are at 120°38' east longitude and 40°56' north latitude. It lies in the southwest of Liaoning Province, with Jinzhou city on its east, Shanhai Pass (山海关) on its west, and Liaodong Bay (East Liaoning Bay) of the Bohai Sea on its south, forming the Bohai Sea economic rim with such cities as Dalian, Yingkou, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, etc. As the first city outside the Shanhai Pass, it is situated at such a key junction that it serves as the west gate of the Northeast. Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... For the city in Hebei provonce, see Jinzhou, Hebei. ... First Gate Under Heaven, under repairs in 2003. ... Liaodong Bay is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. ... A map showing the location of the Bohai Sea. ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: 大连; Traditional Chinese: 大連; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), or Dalny (during Russian controlled periods, aka Dairen during Japanese periods, or from Mid-century (Jointly administered by both USSR/PRC) formerly also Lüda or Luta), is the second of two strategic ice-free seaports on the Liaodong... Yingkou (营口; pinyin: Yíngkǒu shì) is a prefecture-level city of Liaoning province, in northeastern China. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Qingdao â–¶ (help· info) (Simplified: 青岛; Traditional: 青島; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-tao), well-known to the West by its Postal System Pinyin transliteration Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... First Gate Under Heaven, under repairs in 2003. ...

Huludao is situated in the north temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate. It has a frost-free period of 175 days and sunshine time of 2600- 2800 hours all year around. Its annually average precipitation is 550-650mm and temperature is 8.5-9.5℃ Monsoon in the Vindhya, a mountain chain in central India A monsoon is a wind pattern that reverses direction on a seasonal basis. ...

History

The area now ocuppied by Huludao city became a county in 1906. It is called Jinxin county in most of the time before 1982. It became Jinxi city in 1982, and then became Jinxi municipal city in 1989. The city is renamed to Huludao, which is the name of the peninsula as well as the harbor inside the city area, in 1994.

Subdivisions

Huludao has six immediate sub-municipal divisions:

• Xingcheng city
• Suizhong County
• Jianchang County
• Lianshan District
• Longgang District
• Nanpiao District

Transportation

Highways, railways, ocean shipping, air transportation and underground pipelines form the three-dimensional transportation network of Huludao. Jingha Railway (Beijing-Harbin) and China National Highway 102 (Beijing - Harbin) ， the Jingshen Expressway (Beijing - Shenyang) and Qinshen Passenger Railway (Qinhuangdao - Shenyang) run across the major part of the area, and local railways radiate in all directions. Jinzhou Port is 7.5 kilometers away from its east border, while Qinhuangdao Port is 24 kilometers away from its west border, and within its area exists the Huludao Harbor and Suizhong Port, which is under expansion, air transportation has great potentialities. Qinhuangdao Airport is 20 kilometers away from its west border, while Jinzhou Airport is 30 kilometers away from its east border, the Xingcheng Airport within our area can serve large airliners. The Jingha Railway (京哈铁路) is the railway that connects Beijing and Harbin in Heilongjiang Province. ... (help· info) (IPA peiË© tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ... China National Highway 102 is a major trunk route in China, which connects Beijing to Harbin in Heilongjiang province. ... (help· info) (IPA peiË© tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ... Jingshen Expressway (Beijing segment, taken in July of 2004) Jingshen Expressway (Tianjin segment, taken in July of 2004) The Jingshen Expressway (Hanyu Pinyin: Jingshen Gaosu Gonglu) is an expressway in China which links Beijing to Shenyang. ... (help· info) (IPA peiË© tɕɪŋ˦), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Location within China Major districts of Shenyang. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Location within China Major districts of Shenyang. ...

Tourism

Historical changes and social development have endowed Huludao a great number of cultural relics, historic spots and natural sights. The world-famous Great Wall bridging water -Jiumenkou Great Wall, the ancient town of Xingcheng of the Ming Dynasty called the Second Beidaihe, and the relics of Jieshi Palace, an imperial palace for the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty and Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty on their inspection tours and expeditions to the east which is comparable to the imperial Palace of Beijing and Shengshui Temple the Great Wall in terms of archaeological values, all exist within Huludao area, and with other nearly 30 natural sights and historic spots by the sea. They form the features of their own described as "time honored sights and historic spots, and fascinating corridor and scape". The Qin Dynasty (Chinese: 秦朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Chao) (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. ... The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: 漢朝; Simplified Chinese: 汉朝; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Han Chau; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ...

Economy

As an important part of Bohai Economic Rim，Huludao links the developed Jing－Jin－Tang and Liaodong Peninsula Economic Zone together． With 18 large enterprises, including 3 extra-large ones， Huludao is one of the country's heavy industry base． An industrial stmcture with a combination of heavy and light industries has been set up，taking petrochemical industry as its main body metallurgy，building materials，machinery，ship building and power generation industries as its key sectors． There is an interactive network of underground pipelines in the area, two of which, one is from Daqing to Qinhuangdao, and the other is from Panjin to Huludao, carrying crude oil here, adding vigor to the old petrochemical basis. Daqing (Simplified Chinese: 大庆; Traditional Chinese: 大慶) (pronounced Da Tshing) is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province. ... Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China ... Panjin (盘锦) is a prefecture-level city and a major oil-producing city in Liaoning Province, China. ...

Natural Resources

Huludao boasts of four kinds of noticeable resources. Firstly underground minerals. There are over 40 kinds of underground minerals, such as molybdenum, lead zinc and iron, etc. Secondly, mud flat resources. There are 237 kilometers of coastlines and 134,000 mu of mud flat, rich in fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc. Thirdly, oil and natural gas resources under the sea. There are more than 400 million tons of offshore oil and 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas in deposit. The largest offshore oil-and-gas field slies right here. Fourthly, forest and fruit resources in the mountainous area. There are altogether 2,525,000 mu of orchard land and 88.5 million of different fruit trees here, yielding totally 750000 tons of fruit every year, Qiansuo Orchard Farm is the fifth largest one in Asia.

External links

• Huludao Municipal Government (in Simplified Chinese)
• A brief investment-oriented introduction to Huludao by the municipal government (in English)
• A brief introduction to Huludao (in English)

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