Fuxin

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Fuxin (Chinese: 阜新; pinyin: Fùxīn) is a prefecture-level city in the Liaoning province of northeastern China. Urban population of Fuxin City (2000): 785,000.

1 Administration
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Miscellaneous
5 Transportation
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Administration

Fuxin has direct administration over 7 county-level divisions: 5 districts, 1 county and 1 autonomous county:

Haizhou District (海州区; pinyin: Hǎizhōu Qū)
Xinqiu District (新邱区; pinyin: Xīnqiū Qū)
Taiping District (太平区; pinyin: Tàipíng Qū)
Qinghemen District (清河门区; pinyin: Qīnghémén Qū)
Xihe District (细河区; pinyin: Xìhé Qū)
Zhangwu County (彰武县; pinyin: Zhāngwǔ Xiàn)
Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County (阜新蒙古族自治县; pinyin: Fùxīn Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn)

[edit] Geography

Fuxin is located west-northwest of Shenyang, the provincial capital.

[edit] Economy

Fuxin is a mining center in an agricultural region. The city suffers from the over-mining of coal, which is low in supply while fundamental in Fuxin's economy.

[edit] Miscellaneous

The Liaoning Technical University is located in Fuxin.

[edit] Transportation

Fuxin is served by the China National Highway 101, which connects Beijing to Shenyang.

[edit] See also

2005 Liaoning mine disaster

[edit] External links

Believe or not! There are '10 deputy' mayors in this city.

Prefecture-level divisions of Liaoning

Sub-provincial cities:	Dalian \| Shenyang
Prefecture-level cities:	Anshan \| Benxi \| Chaoyang \| Dandong \| Fushun \| Fuxin Huludao \| Jinzhou \| Liaoyang \| Panjin \| Tieling \| Yingkou