Panjin (盘锦) is a prefecture-level city and a major oil-producing city in Liaoning Province, China. It is between 40°40' -41°27' in north latitude and 121°31' -122 °28' in east longitude. It has four distinct seasons, an annual average temperature of 8.6℃ and receives over 2700 hours of sunshine a year. There are over 1.2 million people living in the Panjin area. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1500, 502 KB) Description: Maps of Liaoning Province, China Source: Date: On Sep. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: d , literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: ) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Administration

Panjin has four immediate sub-municipal divisions.

• Shuangtaizi District (双台子区)
• Xinglongtai Disctrict (兴隆台区), where the city hall and various administrative departments are located.
• Panshan County (盘山县), subdivided into 9 towns and 5 rural towns.
• Dawa (大洼县), subdivided into 10 towns, and 5 townships, including 1 ethnic township.

Panjin was approved the status of a city and its current boundaries by the State Council on June 5, 1984. State Council or National Council is the name of a major governmental body in some countries. ...

Geography

Panjin sits on the opening part between the Liaodong Peninsula and West Liaoning economic development zone. The Shuangtaizi River enters from the Liaodong Bay and runs through the city. The Liao River serves as the border between Panjin and the city of Yingkou. The two other cities that borders Panjin are Jinzhou and Anshan. The Liaodong Peninsula (sim. ... Liaodong Bay is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. ... The Liao He (Liao River) is the principal river in southern Manchuria. ... Yingkou (营口; pinyin: Yíngkǒu shì) is a prefecture-level city of Liaoning province, in northeastern China. ... For the city in Hebei provonce, see Jinzhou, Hebei. ... Anshan (Chinese: 鞍山; pinyin: ; lit. ...

Demographics

At the end of 2003, there were a total of 1 243 905 people residing in the Panjin. The urban population was 566 046, that's 45.51% of all residents. They reside mainly in Shuangtaizi District and Xinglongtai District.

Racial Profile

• 95.17% Han Chinese
• 3.01% Manchu
• 0.9% Korean
• 0.92% Hui, Mongol, other nationalities of China.

Gender Profile Han Chinese (Simplified: 汉族; Traditional: 漢族; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满族; Traditional Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: ) are an ethnic group who originated in the dong bei or North East region consisting of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, collectively known in English as Manchuria. ... Hui can refer to: Hui people, a Chinese ethnic group. ... Honorary guard of Mongolia. ... The Peoples Republic of China officially describes itself as 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. ...

• 49.01% Female
• 50.99% Male

Population Trend in Panjin

The population saw an increase of 3.81‰ in 2003. The natality was 7.60‰, and the mortality was 4.70‰, which made a natural population increase of 2.9‰.

Attractions

Major places in Panjin of interest include:

• Shuanghekou State Natural Reserve, a marshland that serves as natural habitat to 321 species of animals. It also serves as one of the few breeding grounds for endangered birds such as the red-crowned crane and Saunders' Gull. Millions of birds of as much as 172 different species stop at the area during their migration, including more than 20 endangered species such as the red-crowned crane, Demoiselle Crane, white stork, black stork, white-fronted goose, whooper swan, and brown goshawk. On a special note, Panjin is also called "Home of the Cranes" for the above reasons.
• reed-grass beach (Golden Beach at Bohai Sea) and the clam mound
• Red Seabeach
• Hubin Park in Panshan, featuring the the Liaohe Tablets. These stone tablets bear inscriptions of Chinese calligraphy by historical and comtemporary artists.

Binomial name Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776) The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world. ... Binomial name Grus japonensis (Statius Muller, 1776) The Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world. ... Binomial name Anthropoides virgo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane. ... Binomial name Ciconia ciconia Linnaeus, 1758 The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. ... Binomial name Ciconia nigra Linnaeus, 1758 The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. ... Binomial name Anser albifrons Scopoli, 1769 The White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a goose closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose (). In North America it is known as the Greater White-fronted Goose. ... Binomial name Cygnus cygnus Linnaeus, 1758 Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. ...

Economy

The main industries in Panjin include oil, petroleum refinery, tourism, and agriculture, primarily rice. The short grain rice of Panjin are of high quality and great taste. Panjin is also famed for its Chinese mitten crabs, a famous delicacy in Chinese cuisine. They can be processed into crab meat tofu and "drunken crab". Binomial name Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), also known as Shanghai hairy crab, is a small crab found in the coastal estuaries of eastern Asia from Korea in the north to the Fujian province of China in the south. ...

External links

• An overview of Panjin in English
• Panjin's official website in Simplified Chinese