Deyang

Deyang 德阳
Prefecture-level city
德阳市
Location of Deyang City jurisdiction in Sichuan
Deyang Location in China
Coordinates: 31°08′N 104°24′E / 31.133°N 104.400°E / 31.133; 104.400Coordinates: 31°08′N 104°24′E / 31.133°N 104.400°E / 31.133; 104.400
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Municipal seat	Jingyang District
Area
• Total	5,818 km2 (2,246 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	3,810,000
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	618000
Area code(s)	0838
Website	deyang.gov.cn

Deyang (simplified Chinese: 德阳; traditional Chinese: 德陽; pinyin: Déyáng) is a prefecture-level city of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. Deyang is a wealthy, mostly industrial city, with the Erzhong Heavy Machinery Company (中国二重）, Dongfang Electrical Company (东方电机), and various high-tech industry contributing to its economy. It has a population of around 3,810,000 in 2004 and an area of 5,818 km² (2,246 sq mi).^[1]

Less than 1 hour from the provincial capital of Chengdu, Deyang is known for a liquor factory called jiannanchun in the county-level city of Mianzhu and the Sanxingdui museum in Guanhan City (county-level) about the ancient Shu culture famous for its bronze mask. Deyang's main city of Jinyang is based on the Jinghu River passing under seven bridges flowing North to South. The River has been widened and five of the bridges are part dams and has assumed the name of Jinghu Lake. The city boasts Confucian temples and a stone sculpture park, the East mountains and lake areas but countryside in all directions leading to rural villages.

Although Deyang is primarily based on industry, it is remarkably clean (and well known throughout Sichuan Province for it) with the local government vigilant in this area and air quality is very high being supplied with breezes coming from the immediate East mountain ranges and large expanse of countryside. With the high turnover of industry, many businessmen visit the city so there is many established accommodation options, with hotels in restaurants in all prize categories. Transport is well serviced with an extensive bus service and routes and taxis.

On May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred. An estimated 90,000 people were killed or still missing with an estimated 400,000 injured. Around 5 million were effected through property losses, many left homeless.^[2][3] Schools in Mianzhu and Shifang collapsed.^[4][5]

Deyang county has mostly recovered from the devastation of the 2008 earthquake with most people now compensated where required (injury etc.) and established in new houses and in some cases new areas as well as factories and works being re-established. For the new houses in most cases, the new owners are requested to meet 30% of the cost while the Government covers the rest. While the Government didn't meet its initial (and ambitious) 1 year plan to rehouse all victims it did manage to mostly be successful within 2 years while in the meantime residents lived in Government provided mobile home type cities with weekly cash payments for all victims in order to purchase food and clothing.

Subdivisions

Map
#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Jingyang District	旌阳区	Jīngyáng Qū	630,000	648	972
2	Shifang City	什邡市	Shífāng Shì	430,000	863	498
3	Guanghan City	广汉市	Guǎnghàn Shì	590,000	551	1,071
4	Mianzhu City	绵竹市	Miánzhú Shì	510,000	1,245	410
5	Luojiang County	罗江县	Luójiāng Xiàn	240,000	448	536
6	Zhongjiang County	中江县	Zhōngjiāng Xiàn	1,410,000	2,063	683

Sister city

Deyang is a sister city with Muncie, Indiana, Lahti, Finland and L'Alcúdia, Spain.

References

External links

• Government of Deyang