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