Tieling

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Tieling
Chinese transliteration(s)
- Simplified	铁岭
- Pinyin	Tiělíng
Location of Teiling in Liaoning
Coordinates (city(2410000)): 42°17′28″N 123°49′48″E / 42.291, 123.830
Country	China
Province	Liaoning
Districts and Counties	List Yinzhou District Qinghe District Diaobingshan City Kaiyuan City Tieling County Xifeng County Changtu County
Government
- CPC Dandong	Committee Secretary
- Mayor	Li Wenke
Area
- Prefecture-level city	13,000 km² (5,019.3 sq mi)
- Urban	638 km² (246.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)[1]
- Prefecture-level city	3,004,000
- Urban	950,000
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	410
Website: www.tieling.gov.cn

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Tieling (simplified Chinese: 铁岭; pinyin: Tiělíng) is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.

Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.

The mayor of Tieling is Li Wenke. An Intermediate People's Court is in Tieling.

The actor Zhao Benshan was born in Tieling.

The total population was 3,004,000，and 972,016 families by the end of 2004, among which, non-agricultural population was 950,000, which was 31.6% while agricultural population was 2,054,000, 68.4 of the total. and male population was 1,535,000 while female population was 1,469,000. Tieling is a multinational area where Han, Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Hui, Xibo, Uygur, and Russian people live in a compact community, of which, the Han population was 2,312,000, or 70% of the total, while the minority 692,000 make up 23.2% of the total.

[edit] Subdivisions

• Yinzhou District (simplified Chinese: 银州区; pinyin: Yínzhōu Qū)
• Qinghe District (simplified Chinese: 清河区; pinyin: Qīnghé Qū)
• Diaobingshan City (simplified Chinese: 调兵山市; pinyin: Diàobīngshān Shì)
• Kaiyuan City (simplified Chinese: 开原市; pinyin: Kāiyuán Shì)
• Tieling County (simplified Chinese: 铁岭县; pinyin: Tiělǐng Xiàn)
• Xifeng County (simplified Chinese: 西丰县; pinyin: Xīfēng Xiàn)
• Changtu County (simplified Chinese: 昌图县; pinyin: Chāngtú Xiàn)

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Coordinates: 42°18′N 123°51′E / 42.3, 123.85