Yangdachengzi
Yangdachengzi (simplified Chinese: 杨大城子; traditional Chinese: 楊大城子; pinyin: Yángdàchéngzǐ) is a town in western Jilin province of Northeast China. It is under the administration of Gongzhuling and is more than 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of Changchun, the provincial capital.
Yangdachengzi is on the common border of three county-level divisions, which are Gongzhuling, Shuangliao and Changling County. The town has a total area of 251 square kilometres (97 sq mi), with a town district area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi). As of 2008, it had a total population of 53,000, while the number of town district residents is 12,000
History
According to the 《county annals of Huaide》, the town began to form at early time of Qing dynasty, about 300 years ago, and it has the longest commercial history in west area of Jilin province. Yangdachengzi began to build its city wall when Guangxv emperor of Qing dynasty was on his throne. After that, it became the country town of Huaide during the civil war from 1946 to 1949. And it was the taoism center of west Jilin in Chiang Kai-shek-administrative period. Wuliang temple (Chinese:无量观), in Anshan, China, was the biggest taoism temple in northest of China at that time, but the temple has been destroyed. Now, the Foguang temple located in Yangdachengzi is one of the biggest buddhist temples in the area of Siping prefecture-level city.
Administration
The administrative structure of Yangdachengzi contains 1 subdistrict office and 21 villages:
yangchengzi(杨城子村) wuxing(五星村) heigangzi (黑岗子村) kaoshan(靠山村) pingan(平安村) fengxiang(凤翔村) xinxing(新兴村) shengli(胜利村) laofangshen(老房身村) xiataizi(下台子村) wangjiayao(王家窑村) jianguo(碱锅村) baoquan(宝泉村) wtdatun(吴大屯村) wangzapu(王杂堡村) bazibao(筢子堡村) fujvgong(福巨公村) gongbeigou(公北沟村) guanjiagou(管家沟村) jinpen(金盆村) changshan(长山村)
Coordinates: 43°56′24″N 124°25′58″E / 43.94000°N 124.43278°E