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Coordinates:39°37′46″N118°10′26″E/ 39.62944°N 118.17389°E/39.62944; 118.17389
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Tangshan
Đường sơn thị
From top, left to right:Eastern Qing tombs,Tangshan Southlake Convention & Exhibition Center, Dachengshan Park, Cao Xueqin Cultural Park, Tangshan Art Museum
Nickname:
Phoenix City (Phượng Hoàng Thành)
Map
Location of Tangshan City jurisdiction in Hebei
Location of Tangshan City jurisdiction in Hebei
Tangshan is located in Hebei
Tangshan
Tangshan
Location of the city centre in Hebei
Tangshan is located in Northern China
Tangshan
Tangshan
Tangshan (Northern China)
Tangshan is located in China
Tangshan
Tangshan
Tangshan (China)
Coordinates (Tangshan government):39°37′46″N118°10′26″E/ 39.62944°N 118.17389°E/39.62944; 118.17389
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
EstablishedJanuary 28, 1938
Municipal seatLubei District
Government
Party SecretaryJiao Yanlong(Tiêu ngạn long)
• MayorDing Xiufeng(Đinh thêu phong)
Area
Prefecture-level city13,472 km2(5,202 sq mi)
• Urban
3,874 km2(1,496 sq mi)
• Metro
3,874 km2(1,496 sq mi)
Population
(2020 census)[1]
Prefecture-level city7,717,983
• Density570/km2(1,500/sq mi)
Urban
3,687,607
• Urban density950/km2(2,500/sq mi)
Metro
3,687,607
• Metro density950/km2(2,500/sq mi)
GDP[2]
Prefecture-level cityCN¥891 billion
US$100 billion
• Per capitaCN¥ 86,667
US$12,563
Time zoneUTC+8(China Standard)
Postal code
063000
Area code315
ISO 3166 codeCN-HE-02
License PlatePrefixKý B
Websitetangshan.gov.cn
Tangshan
ChineseĐường sơn
Literal meaning"Mountain ofTang"(Dacheng Hill)
Huimin Yuan Apartments, Zhengtai Li, Lunan, Tangshan, Hebei

Tangshan(Chinese:Đường sơn;pinyin:Tángshān) is a coastal, industrialprefecture-level cityin the northeast ofHebeiprovince. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of theBohai Rimand serves as the main traffic corridor to theNortheast.The city faces theBohai Seain the south, theYan Mountainsin the north,Qinhuangdaoacross theLuan Riverto the east, andTianjinto the west.

Much of the city's development is thanks to the industrialization, beginning in 1870, whenKailuan Groupestablished coal mines in the region. It's the birthplace of China's firststandard-gauge railway,[3]the first railway plant,[4]the firststeam locomotive,[5]and the first cement factory.[6]It was hailed as China's "cradle of industrialization". Even today, Tangshan is a hub of steel, energy,chemical,and ceramics production.[7]Ping opera,which originated from the city'sLuanzhoucounty, is one of the five most popular Chinese operas.

The city has also become known for the1976 Tangshan earthquakewhich measured 7.8 on theRichter scale,flattened much of the city, and killed at least 255,000 residents according to official estimates. The city has since been rebuilt, has become a tourist attraction, and is among the10 largest ports in China.[8]

The city of Tangshan is approximately 149 km (93 mi) east by south east of Beijing and 110 km (68 mi) northwest ofTianjin.[9]Tangshan's prefecture population was 7,717,983 at the 2020 census, with 3,687,607 in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 7 urban core districts.

Etymology

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Tangshan is named afterDacheng Hill(Đại thành sơn), which was called Mount Tang ( đường sơn ), in the middle of the city.

In A.D. 645,Li Shimin,anemperor of Tang dynastyand his army were stationed at Dacheng Hill on his way back from theKorean Peninsula.Unfortunately, Caofei, his beloved concubine, died there. In order to commemorate her, he named the mountain with the name of the empire — Tang. Later, the city took the name of the mountain.[citation needed]

History

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Early history

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Tangshan has a long history, with ancient humans living in the area as early as 4,000 years ago. It fell within the territory of theGuzhuKingdom (1600BC) at the time of theShang dynastyand later became a part of theState of Yan,one of theseven Warring States(403 – 221BC). During theHan dynasty(206BC – 220AD) it became part of the ancient province ofYouzhou.It was under the jurisdiction ofZhili provinceand Zunhua State successively during theQing dynasty.

Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties

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Tangshan was a village at the time of theTang dynasty(619–907) and developed further in agriculture, oil exploitation and ceramics during theMing dynasty(1368–1644).

During the Hundred Days' Reform in the late Qing dynasty, the Kaiping Mining Administration was established in the third year of theGuangxu Emperor(1877). In 1878, Qiaotun town was established at Tangshan and renamed Tangshan Town in 1889. In 1938, Tangshan City was formally founded. The administrative system of Tangshan during the Republic of ChinaRepublican eracontinued to follow the Qing system. In 1929,Zhili Provincechanged its name toHebei Province.On January28, 1939, because of Tangshan's special economic and political position, theEast Hebei Autonomous Governmentestablished Tangshan City which was initially called “Tangshan Municipal Government” and later changed to “Tangshan Municipal Office”. After Japan surrendered in 1945, the Chinese Nationalist Party in Peking (now known asBeijing) took over the political control of Tangshan from Japan and set up an Administration Inspectors Office. In April 1946, it was decided at the 132nd Meeting of theChinese Communist PartyHebei Provincial Committee to set up Tangshan City and on May5 of the same year, the Tangshan Municipal government was founded.

People's Republic

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After the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October1, 1949, Tangshan remained a provincially administered municipality with 12 areas under its jurisdiction. In March 1955, it was decided at the 2nd session of the first People's Congress of Tangshan City to change Tangshan Municipal people's government to Tangshan people's committee without changing its administration areas.

On April28, 1958, theState Councilapproved the establishment of Tangshan prefecture. On August29, 1958, it was decided at the Seventh Session of the first People's Congress of Hebei Province to move the Tangshan Commissioner Office from Changli County to Tangshan City.

The CPC Central Committee decided to designate Tangshan city as one of the 45 cities open to the world on June3, 1959. On June 8, 1959, the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and the Hebei Provincial People's Congress decided to combine the Tangshan Commissioners Office and the Tangshan People's Committee into the Tangshan People's Committee. On April2, 1960, the State Council officially approved the abolition of Tangshan prefecture. Qinhuangdao city, Qian'an, Changli, Laoting, Baodi, Yutian, Jixian County and Zunhua which were formerly administered by Tangshan Prefecture were incorporated into the Tangshan Municipality. Luanxian County, Fengrun County (formerly a district) and Baigezhuang Farm were also incorporated into Tangshan Municipality. Meanwhile, Tangshan became a provincially administered municipality.

On May23, 1961, the State Council approved the reinstatement of Tangshan prefecture, which was adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Hebei Provincial People's Committee on June3, 1959. Tangshan prefecture and Tangshan municipality were separated again and Tangshan turned into a specially administered municipality.

The Tangshan Municipal Revolutionary Committee affiliated to the Revolutionary Committee of Tangshan Region was set up on January6, 1968. On March 11, 1978, Tangshan turned to be a provincially administered municipality.

In October 1982, it was decided at the Seventh People's Congress of Tangshan city to abolish the Tangshan Municipal Revolutionary Committee and set up the Tangshan Municipal People's Government.

The State Council approved the move on March 3, 1983, and thereafter implemented the city-governing-county system. On May13, 1983, the Hebei Provincial People's Government announced the cancellation of the Civic Administration office of Tangshan region, which ceased operation on May15, 1983.

On December15, 1984, the State Council approved Tangshan city as one of 13 national “comparatively big” cities.

1976 Tangshan earthquake

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Tangshan suffered anearthquakeofmagnitude7.8 (7.5 according to official reports) at 3:42am on July28, 1976, which resulted in many casualties. The official death toll was 255,000, but many experts believe that the actual number of fatalities was two to three times that number, making it the most destructive earthquake in modern history. As a result of the earthquake, most of the town had to be rebuilt. The earthquake was depicted in the 2010 movieAftershock.

Geography

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Tangshan is located in the central section of theBohai Economic Rim,facing theBohai Seato the south. Lying on theNorth China Plain,Tangshan is adjacent to theYan Mountainsto the north, borders theLuan RiverandQinhuangdaoto the east, and to the west and southwest bordersTianjin.Because of its location in the northeast of Hebei, it is a strategic area and a corridor linking two China'snorthandnortheastregions. The largest river in the prefecture is the Luan River.

Climate

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Tangshan has amonsoon-influenced,humid continental climate(KöppenDwa), with cold and very dry winters, and hot, rainy summers. Spring and autumn are short with some rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature in January is −3.6 °C (25.5 °F), and 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 12.8 °C (55.0 °F). Close to 60% of the annual precipitation of 590 mm (23.2 in) falls in July and August alone. The frost-free period lasts 180−190 days, and the area receives 2,600−2,900 hours of sunshine annually.

Climate data for Tangshan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 12.9
(55.2)
19.5
(67.1)
28.3
(82.9)
32.8
(91.0)
38.8
(101.8)
39.6
(103.3)
40.1
(104.2)
36.0
(96.8)
35.3
(95.5)
31.4
(88.5)
22.7
(72.9)
13.2
(55.8)
40.1
(104.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.5
(34.7)
5.4
(41.7)
12.3
(54.1)
20.2
(68.4)
26.3
(79.3)
29.8
(85.6)
31.1
(88.0)
30.2
(86.4)
26.5
(79.7)
19.3
(66.7)
10.0
(50.0)
2.9
(37.2)
18.0
(64.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.6
(23.7)
−1.0
(30.2)
5.9
(42.6)
13.8
(56.8)
20.0
(68.0)
24.1
(75.4)
26.4
(79.5)
25.4
(77.7)
20.6
(69.1)
13.0
(55.4)
4.2
(39.6)
−2.6
(27.3)
12.1
(53.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −9.5
(14.9)
−6.2
(20.8)
0.2
(32.4)
7.7
(45.9)
13.9
(57.0)
19.1
(66.4)
22.4
(72.3)
21.3
(70.3)
15.5
(59.9)
7.6
(45.7)
−0.6
(30.9)
−7.1
(19.2)
7.0
(44.6)
Record low °C (°F) −22.7
(−8.9)
−19.8
(−3.6)
−14.6
(5.7)
−4.7
(23.5)
3.5
(38.3)
9.4
(48.9)
14.6
(58.3)
11.2
(52.2)
4.7
(40.5)
−5.6
(21.9)
−14.5
(5.9)
−17.0
(1.4)
−22.7
(−8.9)
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) 2.7
(0.11)
4.9
(0.19)
7.0
(0.28)
22.8
(0.90)
40.8
(1.61)
79.2
(3.12)
158.7
(6.25)
140.0
(5.51)
49.0
(1.93)
31.7
(1.25)
12.8
(0.50)
3.6
(0.14)
553.2
(21.79)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) 1.7 2.3 2.7 4.9 6.5 9.1 11.2 9.7 5.8 4.5 3.1 2.3 63.8
Average snowy days 2.9 2.4 1.0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 2.9 11.1
Averagerelative humidity(%) 55 53 49 49 53 64 75 77 70 65 62 58 61
Mean monthlysunshine hours 178.2 186.5 233.8 246.9 270.0 230.5 190.3 204.4 214.0 202.6 166.5 167.9 2,491.6
Percentpossible sunshine 59 61 63 62 61 52 42 49 58 59 56 58 57
Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[10][11]
Source 2: Weather China[12]

Air pollution

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Asair pollution in Chinahas worsened in recent years, reports suggest cities in Hebei among the most polluted in the country, with Tangshan being no exception. According to a survey made by "Global voices China" in February 2013, 7 cities in Hebei includingXingtai,Shijiazhuang,Baoding,Handan,Langfang,Hengshuiand Tangshan, are among China's 10 most polluted cities.[13]

Economy

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TheCaofeidianPort

Tangshan is an important heavy industrial city in North China. Its output include machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, textiles, glass, petroleum products, and cement. It has been a coal-mining center since lateQing dynasty,as Guangdong merchantTong King-singopened the firstcoal mineusing modern techniques in Kaiping in 1877.[14]Since the construction of theCaofeidian Project,it has hosted large iron and steel plants, chemical projects, and electricity plants. It is China's largest steel-producing city.[15]Tangshan is also called the "porcelain capital of North China."[16]

Modern industry in China first arose in Tangshan. The second railway in China – after the abortiveWoosung RailwayinShanghai– was the six-mile track laid betweenHsuko giườngand Tangshan which opened in 1881;[17]this eventually grew into theImperial Railroad of North Chinaand China's modernJingshanandJingha Railways.The first fire-resistant material manufactory and the first and largestcementmanufactory were constructed in Tangshan as well.

Tangshan has experienced near-constant GDP growth in recent years, but has slowed down in the latter-half of the 2010s.[18]In 2008, theGDPof Tangshan was ¥353.747 billion, which nearly doubled to ¥612.121 billion by 2013, and grew further to ¥695.500 billion in 2018.[18]Tangshan's GDP was ranked the 26th largest among Chinese cities according to data from 2017.[19]The city's exports were valued at $7.109 billion in 2016.[20]Government figures for 2017 show that the city's economy was largely dominated by thesecondary industry,contributing ¥408.14 billion to the city's economy.[21]

Industrial zone

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Demographics

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Government data from 2017 shows that 7.897 million people live in Tangshan, of which, 61.64% live in an urban area.[22]The city's residents had a meandisposable incomeof ¥27,786, which was ¥36,415 among urban residents.[22]

Ethnic composition

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Tangshan, like many other locations in China, is largelyHan Chinese,who account for 95.25% of the city's population.[23]In Zunhua City, there are 3ethnic townshipsandethnic towns.[23]The following table shows the city's ethnic breakdown:

Tangshan Ethnic Composition (2017)[23]
Ethnic Group Population (total) Population (percent)
Han Chinese 7,194,200 95.25%
Manchu 287,700 3.81%
Hui 32,800 0.43%
Mongol 14,100 0.19%
Zhuang 12,900 0.17%
Other 13,700 0.18%

Administration

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Theprefecture-level cityof Tangshan administers 14 county-level divisions including 7districts,4countiesand 3county-level cities.

Map
Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2010 census)[24] Area (km2) Density (/km2) Seat
Lubei District Lộ bắc khu Lùběi Qū 743,504 112 6,638 Qiaotun Subdistrict
Lunan District Lộ nam khu Lùnán Qū 311,076 355 876 South Xueyuan Road Subdistrict
Hangu Administration Zone* Hán cô quản lý khu Hàngū Guǎnlǐqū
Lutai Economic Development Zone* Lô đài kinh tế kỹ thuật khai phá khu Lútái Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifāqū
Guye District Cổ dã khu Gǔyě Qū 358,461 253 1,417 Jinghua Subdistrict
Kaiping District Khai bình khu Kāipíng Qū 262,571 252 1,042 Kaiping Subdistrict
Fengrun District Nở nang khu Fēngrùn Qū 916,092 1,334 687 Taiping Road Subdistrict
Fengnan District Phong nam khu Fēngnán Qū 595,467 1,568 380 Qingnian Road Subdistrict
Built-up area 3,187,171 3,874 823
Caofeidian District Tào phi điện khu Cáofēidiān Qū 184,931 700 264 Tanghai Town
Zunhua City Tuân hóa thị Zūnhuà Shì 737,011 1,521 485 Wenhua Road Subdistrict
Qian'an City Dời an thị Qiān'ān Shì 728,160 1,208 603 Yongshun Subdistrict
Luanzhou City Loan Châu thị Luánzhōu Shì 554,315 999 555 Luanhe Subdistrict
Luannan County Loan nam huyện Luánnán Xiàn 584,518 1,270 460 Youyilu Subdistrict
Laoting County Nhạc đình huyện Làotíng Xiàn 526,222 1,308 402 Lean Subdistrict
Qianxi County Dời tây huyện Qiānxī Xiàn 390,128 1,439 271 Lixiang Subdistrict
Yutian County Ngọc điền huyện Yùtián Xiàn 684,833 1,165 588 Wuzhong Subdistrict
*Hangu Administration ZoneandLutai Economic Development Zoneis subordinate toLunan Districtbut formally part ofBinhai New AreaorNinghe DistrictinTianjin.

Education

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Tangshan Museum

Universities and colleges

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High schools

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Culture

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Eastern Qing tombs
TheAnti-seismic Monument
The Pagoda in the Site of Tiangong Temple

Specialty

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  • Diet
    • Wanlixiangroast rhicken(Vạn dặm hương thiêu gà)
    • Chessboard pancake(Quân cờ thiêu bính)
    • Honey sugar candy (Mật ong ma đường)
    • Peanut crisp (Đậu phộng kẹo đậu phộng)
    • Big gezhe (Đại cách gấp)
    • Small gezhe (Tiểu cách gấp)
  • Dried fruits

Traditional arts

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  • Ping opera,or Pingju, one of the most popular operas in China
  • TangshanShadow Play(Đường sơn da ảnh)
  • Laotingdrums (Nhạc đình trống to)

Tourism

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Religion

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  • Datang Xingguo Chan Temple (Đại Đường hưng quốc thiền chùa), aBuddhisttemple
  • Jingzhong Mountain,a joint religious shrine for the believers ofConfucianism,Buddhism, andTaoism,respectively.
  • Two Christian churches.

Transport

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Tangshan Railway Station

As of 2017, Tangshan has 18,000 kilometers of roads, of which, 16,000 were in rural areas.[26]The city's roads served 410 million tons of freight, and the city's port served 570 million tons.[26]As of 2023, Tangshan is the largest city in China without an operating or planned metro system.

Air

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Rail

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Roads

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Notable people

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See also

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