Hejin Explained

Hejin
Other Name:Hotsin
Settlement Type:County-level city
Pushpin Map:China Shanxi
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Shanxi
Coordinates:35.596°N 110.712°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Shanxi
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Yuncheng
Seat Type:City seat
Seat:Chengqu Subdistrict (Chinese: 城区街道)
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:396
Area Total Km2:593.1
Area Urban Km2:131.80
Area Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:401000
Population As Of:2017
Population Urban:220000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:China Standard
Utc Offset1:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:043300
Area Code:0359

Hejin is a county-level city of Yuncheng City, in the southwest of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, located on the east (left) bank of the Yellow River. It borders Jishan and Wanrong counties to the east and south, Linfen to the north, and Hancheng in Shaanxi across the Yellow River to the west., it had a population of 360,000 residing in an area of 593km2. The city and its surrounding area is home to abundant aluminium reserves. During the Qin dynasty, Hejin was known as Pishi County, renamed to Longmen County during the Northern Wei, and finally Hejin County in the Song dynasty. The city's name (Chinese: {{linktext|河津) literally means "river ford", due to the need of a fording of the Yellow River at the time. In 1994, Hejin was upgraded to its present status as a county-level city.

Administrative divisions

Hejin City administers two subdistricts, two towns, and five townships.[2]

valign=topSubdistricts:
  • Chengqu Subdistrict (Chinese: 城区街道)
  • Qingjian Subdistrict (Chinese: 清涧街道)
valign=topTowns:
  • Fancun (Chinese: 樊村镇)
  • Senglou (Chinese: 僧楼镇)
valign=topTownships:
  • Xiaoliang Township (Chinese: 小梁乡)
  • Chaijia Township (Chinese: 柴家乡)
  • Zhaojiazhuang Township (Chinese: 赵家庄乡)
  • Xiahua Township (Chinese: 下化乡)
  • Yangcun Township (Chinese: 阳村乡)

Transportation

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development . Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development . China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017 . 2019 . China Statistics Press . Beijing . 46 . 11 January 2020 . 18 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190618043019/http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02019012421874448287322500.xls . dead .
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/14/08/140882.html . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:河津市 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2012-08-07.