Anyuan, Pingxiang Explained

Anyuan
Native Name:安源区
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Settlement Type:District
Image Map1:Location of Pingxiang within Jiangxi.png
Map Caption1:Location of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi
Coordinates:27.615°N 113.8708°W
Coor Pinpoint:Anyuan District government
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Jiangxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Pingxiang
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:212
Population Total:383,400
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:China Standard
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:337000

Anyuan District is a district of the city of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.

The famous Maoist propaganda painting Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan is set in this location, depicting an occasion when the young Mao Zedong traveled to Anyuan to help lead a miners' strike.[1] The 1962 painting "Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners" portrays the same strike.[2]

Administrative divisions

Anyuan District has 6 Subdistricts and 4 towns.[3]

6 Subdistricts
  • Dongdajie (Chinese: 东大街街道)
  • Fenghuang (Chinese: 凤凰街街道)
  • Bayi (Chinese: 八一街街道)
  • Houbu (Chinese: 后埠街街道)
  • Danjiang (Chinese: 丹江街街道)
  • Baiyuan (Chinese: 白源街街道)
4 towns
  • Anyuan (Chinese: 安源镇)
  • Gaokeng (Chinese: 高坑镇)
  • Wubei (Chinese: 五陂镇)
  • Qingshan (Chinese: 青山镇)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://chineseposters.net/themes/mao-anyuan.php Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan
  2. http://chineseposters.net/themes/liushaoqi-anyuan-miners.php Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners
  3. Web site: 南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org . XZQH . zh . 2012-05-24.