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Huating, Gansu
County-level city in Gansu, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Huating (simplified Chinese: 华亭; traditional Chinese: 華亭; pinyin: Huátíng) is a county-level city, formerly Huating County, in the east of Gansu province, China, bordering Ningxia to the northwest. It is under the administration of the Pingliang City. Its postal code is 744100, and in 1999 its population was 176,941 people.
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Huating was first established in 605 CE. It is named after Huajian Mountain (华尖山). In 2018 Huating County was upgraded to Huating county-level city.[2]
Huating has long been a center of coal mining and porcelain production in Gansu. In 2006 it produced over 14 million tons of coal. The agriculture output of Huating is centered around walnuts, medicinal plants, in particular Ligusticum striatum, and beef cattle.[3][4]
In July 2010 13 people died in Huating County in a landslide triggered by heavy rains. Two people survived.[5]
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Administrative divisions
Huating City is divided to 1 subdistricts, 7 towns, 3 townships and 1 others.[6]
- Subdistricts
- Donghua Subdistrict (东华街道)
- Towns
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- Townships
- Shenyu Township (神峪乡)
- Shanzhai Township(山寨乡)
- Yanxia Township (砚峡乡)
- Others
- Shibaozi Development Zone Management Committee(石堡子开发区管委会)
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References
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