China (CN) Shanxi Province Yangquan Region

Yangquan Region (阳泉市 Yángquán-shì)

Summary

Yangquan is a major city with a population of 500 000. The major town of Yinying (30 000) is in the Yangquan metropolitan area. The major towns of Pingding (45 000) and Yuxian (25 000) are county seats in the region.

Detailed Analysis

Yangquan Region contains the Yangquan metropolitan area and 2 counties. Its area is 4 451 km² and its population is 1 273 126.

The Yangquan metropolitan area has an area of 662 km² and a population of 655 317. The city of Yangquan has a population of 381 880 in 12 street committees. The 2000 Census gives a population of 488 114 with suburbs. The 1982 Census gives a population of 466 558 in the Yangquan metropolitan area, suggesting about 300 000 in the urban area. This gives a long-run growth rate of 2.5% and a 2004 estimated population 500 000 corresponding to the measured area of 41 km².

Chengqu District (城区 Chéngqū) 19.3 km²

6 street committees of Yangquan (164 288): 上站街道 46119 下站街道 27498 北大街街道 25639 南山路街道 50199 义井街道 10922 坡底街道 3911

Jiaoqu District (郊区 Jiāoqū) 633 km²

4 urban townships, 9 rural townships, 1 special urban township (273 437): 荫营镇 45074 河底镇 31590 义井镇 35872 平坦镇 23680 西南舁乡 14575 东村乡 14729 燕龛乡 5493 三郊乡 16121 白泉乡 13219 杨家庄乡 11779 李家庄乡 26406 辛兴乡 7921 旧街乡 6702 五渡开发区虚拟镇 20276

Lijiazhuang (李家庄 Lǐjiāzhuāng), Pingtan (平坦 Píngtǎn), Wudu Kaifaqu (五渡开发区 Wǔdù Kāifāqū), and Yijiang (义井 Yìjǐng) are suburbs of Yangquan.

Yinying (荫营 Yìnyíng) has an area of 4.5 km² and an estimated population of 30 000.

Hedi (河底 Hédǐ) has an area of 1.9 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.

Kuangqu District (矿区 Kuàngqū) 10 km²

6 street committees of Yangquan (217 592): 平潭街道 41711 桥头街道 39091 蔡洼街道 39396 赛鱼街道 45467 沙坪街道 33166 贵石沟街道 18761

Pingding County (平定县 Píngdìng-xiàn) 1 350 km²

8 urban townships, 11 rural townships (323 633): 城关镇 56371 冶西镇 15891 南坳镇 20286 锁簧镇 31955 张庄镇 24852 东回镇 13558 娘子关镇 15311 巨城镇 17138 维社乡 18403 石门口乡 17434 南阳胜乡 7682 古贝乡 10684 柏井乡 11228 马山乡 10110 潺泉乡 6618 槐树铺乡 12030 岩会乡 13190 岔口乡 14633 黄统岭乡 6259

Pingding is in Chengguan urban township (城关 Chéngguān) and has an area of 6.6 km² and an estimated population of 45 000.

Yexi (冶西 Yěxī) has an area of 2.6 km² and an estimated population of 15 000.

Weishe (维社 Wéishè) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.

Yuxian County (盂县 Yúxiàn) 2 439 km²

5 urban townships, 20 rural townships (294 176): 城关镇 64130 路家村镇 10962 牛村镇 20614 上社镇 11205 西烟镇 15021 孙家庄乡 17354 清城乡 12143 南娄乡 13931 下曹乡 15439 仙人乡 11527 东木口乡 4906 东庄头乡 4497 北下庄乡 6929 土塔乡 8408 苌池乡 17273 王村乡 6478 下社乡 5368 肖家汇乡 6286 梁家寨乡 7233 北峪口乡 3848 榆林坪乡 2806 庄里乡 3916 西潘乡 9037 南社乡 4714 东粱乡 10151

Yuxian is in Chengguan urban township (城关 Chéngguān) and has an area of 4.4 km² and an estimated population of 25 000.

Xiyan (西烟 Xīyān) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.