Changzhi
Changzhi or (Changzi or Chángzhì) (Chinese simplified: 长治; traditional Chinese: 長治; Pinyin: Chángzhì) is a city-prefecture south-east the province of the Shanxi, located in China, in the south of the center of the Mongolia-Interior , between the town of Huozhou in the Shanxi and the town of Hebi in the Henan. Its population is of approximately a half-million inhabitants.
History
Was an old city already established there at the time of the last Dynastie Shang (Yin) (1600? - 1050?). It named Luan before 1912.
Economy
It is an industrial town (metallurgy, steel-works and machine tools) and a center for transport. Asbestos and gold, iron, coal mines are worked in the vicinity.Changzhi has an airport (code AITA: CIH).
Administrative divisions
The city-prefecture of Changzhi exerts its jurisdiction on thirteen subdivisions - two districts, a city-county and ten counties :- the urban district of Changzhi - 城区 Chéng Qū ;
- the suburban district of Changzhi - 郊区 Jiāo Qū ;
- the town of Lucheng - 潞城市 Lùchéng Shì ;
- the county of Changzhi - 长治县 Chángzhì Xiàn ;
- the county of Xiangyuan - 襄垣县 Xiāngyuán Xiàn ;
- the county of Tunliu - 屯留县 Túnliú Xiàn ;
- the county of Pingshun - 平顺县 Píngshùn Xiàn ;
- the county of Licheng - 黎城县 Líchéng Xiàn ;
- the county of Huguan - 壶关县 Húguān Xiàn ;
- the county of Zhangzi - 长子县 Zhǎngzǐ Xiàn ;
- the county of Wuxiang - 武乡县 Wǔxiāng Xiàn ;
- the county of Qin - 沁县 Qìn Xiàn ;
- the county of Qinyuan - 沁源县 Qìnyuán Xiàn .
See too
External bonds
- governmental Site -
- Photographs of Changzhi in '' Panoramio ''