Chenzhuang, Lingshou County Explained

Chenzhuang
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Hebei
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Hebei
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hebei
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Shijiazhuang
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Lingshou
Subdivision Type4:Village-level divisions
Subdivision Name4:36 villages
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:38.569°N 114.1005°W
Elevation M:259
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:0311

Chenzhuang is a town of Lingshou County in western Hebei province, China,[1] located in the Taihang Mountains northwest of the county seat and served by China National Highway 207., it has 36 villages under its administration.[2]

Chenzhuang is the site of a partially built amusement park called "Wonderland", whose construction was abandoned in 1998. The aim of the developers was to build the largest amusement park in Asia, but they ran into disagreements with the local government and the farmers over land prices. An attempt to restart the construction in 2008 proved unsuccessful.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/01/130126.html . https://archive.today/20121130085736/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/01/130126.html . dead . November 30, 2012 . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:灵寿县 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . Chinese . 2013-01-10 .
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/01/26/130126103.html . https://archive.today/20130219215754/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/01/26/130126103.html . dead . February 19, 2013 . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:陈庄镇 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . Chinese . 2013-01-10 .
  3. Web site: China's Abandoned Wonderland. David Gray . The Atlantic. 13 December 2011. 14 December 2011.