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Hexiwu
Hexiwu Town (), formerly known as Ho-Hsi-Wu, is a town situated on the northern part of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It borders Yongledian and Anping Towns to the north, Qiantun Township and Xiawuqi Town to the east, Damengzhuang and Daliang Towns to the south, as well as Baigutun and Gaocun Towns to the west. In the year 2010, the town was home to 45,814 residents. This town got the name Hexiwu () for its location on the west of the Grand Canal and hosting local taxation agency during the Yuan Dynasty. Geography Hexiwu Town is located along the Grand Canal. It has an average elevation of 12 meters above the sea level. History During the Ming dynasty, the bursting of several dikes at Hexiwu touched off a crisis in 1424. Mu Jin and Zhang Xin directed efforts by more than 5,000 workers from the Ministry of Public Works to repair the damage and restore the irrigation system.Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry. ''SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies'': The Eunuchs in the Ming Dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daliang, Tianjin
Daliang Town () is a town located within Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It borders Xiawuqi and Hebeitun Towns to its north, Cuihuangkou Town to its east, Nancaicun Town to its south, as well as Damengzhuang and Hexiwu Towns to its west. Its population was 39,379 in 2010. The town's name Daliang () came from Daliang Village, where the current town government is located in. Geography Daliang Town is situated on the east of the Grand Canal. The Jingjin Expressway crosses the south of the town. Its average elevation is 8 meters above the sea level. History Administrative divisions By 2022, Daliang Town oversees 57 subdivisions, including 2 residential community and 55 villages. They are listed as follows: Residential communities * Linyu Huayuan (林语花园) * Muxiuyuan (木秀园) Villages * Daliang (大良) * Nanyanzhuang (南闫庄) * Xisuzhuang (西苏庄) * Houjiazhuang (侯家庄) * Qianshatuo (前沙坨) * Houshatuo (后沙坨) * Panggezhuang (庞各庄 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damengzhuang
Damengzhuang Town () is a town located inside of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It borders Hexiwu Town in its north, Daliang Town in its east, Nancaicun Town in its south, as well as Sicundian and Baigutun Towns in its west. It had a population of 22,162 as of 2010. The name Damengzhuang () refers to the village where the government of the town is located in. The village in turn gets its name from the Meng family that first settled here in the beginning of Ming Dynasty. History Administrative divisions By 2022, Damengzhuang Town oversaw 21 villages. They are listed below: * Huotun (霍屯) * Damengzhuang (大孟庄) * Sigezhuang (寺各庄) * Xiaowangzhuang (小王庄) * Dawangzhuang (大王庄) * Mengcundian (蒙村店) * Qixianggongzhuang (七相公庄) * Zhaoyangsi (昭阳寺) * Dadao Zhangzhuang (大道张庄) * Anzishang (安子上) * Sanjianfang (三间房) * Xiaoyahuzhai (小押虎寨) * Dayahuzhai (大押虎寨) * Tingshang (亭上) * Liuzhuang (刘庄) * Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiawuqi
Xiawuqi Town () is a town situated within Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It shares border with Wubaihu and Liusong Towns in the north, Hebeitun Town in the east, Daliang Town in the south, and Hexiwu Town in the west. Its population was 23,889 as of 2010. The town's name Xiawuqi () came from its location as the station ground for some of the Banner troops during the early days of Qing Dynasty. Geography Xiawuqi Town is situated on the eastern bank of Grand Canal and the southern bank of Qinglongwan River. Its average elevation is 10 meters above the sea level. History Administrative divisions As of 2022, Xiawuqi Town administers the following 34 villages: * Xiawuqi (下伍旗) * Zhongyi (忠义) * Liangguantun (良官屯) * Chaizhuang (柴庄) * Beichenzhuang (北陈庄) * Shaozhuang (邵庄) * Beibabaihu (北八百户) * Dingzhuang (丁庄) * Shenjimafang (神机马坊) * Dongwangzhuang (东王庄) * Lihuzhuang (李胡庄) * Beiqizhuang (北齐庄) * Hegezhuang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Township-level Divisions Of Tianjin
This is a list of Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Township level, township-level divisions of the municipality of Tianjin, People's Republic of China (PRC). After Province-level divisions of the People's Republic of China, province, Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#Prefecture level, prefecture, and County-level division, county-level divisions, township-level divisions constitute the formal fourth-level administrative divisions of the PRC. However, as Tianjin is a Direct-controlled municipality of China, province-level municipality, the prefecture-level divisions are absent and so county-level divisions are at the second level, and township-level divisions are at the third level of administration. There are a total of 244 such divisions in Tianjin, divided into 106 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts, 118 Town (China), towns, 19 Townships of the People's Republic of China, townships and 1 ethnic township. This list is organised by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuqing District
Wuqing District () is a district of Tianjin, bordering Hebei province to the north and west, Beijing Municipality to the northwest, Baodi District to the northeast, and Beichen District and Xiqing District to the southeast/south. Administrative divisions There are 6 subdistricts, 19 towns, and 5 townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ... in the district: Climate References External links Districts of Tianjin {{Tianjin-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baigutun
Baigutun Town (), is a town located in the northwest of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China. It shares border with Gaocun Town in its north, Hexiwu and Damengzhuang Towns in its east, Sicundian Town in its south, as well as Chengguan and Dawangguzhuang Towns in its west. The town had a population of 21,443 as of 2010. Geography Baigutun Town is situated at the western shore of Longfeng and Fenghe Rivers, at an altitude of 9 meters above the sea level. History Administrative divisions By the end of 2022, Baigutun Town has the following 21 villages: * Dongmafang (东马房) * Xihuangxinzhuang (西黄辛庄) * Qiuguzhuang (邱古庄) * Yanggeda (杨疙疸) * Houtuncun (后屯村) * Gengzhuangcun (耿庄村) * Xuzhuang (徐庄) * Hepingzhuang (和平庄) * Xinfangzi (新房子) * Daweizhuang (大魏庄) * Xiaoweizhuang (小魏庄) * Xiaotiancun (小天村) * Xiaozhaozhuang (小赵庄) * Quliuzhuang (屈刘庄) * Baigutun (白古屯) * Fucun (富村) * Shaoziying (稍子营) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from the Borjigin clan, and lasted from 1271 to 1368. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Yuan dynasty followed the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty. Although Genghis Khan had been enthroned with the Han-style title of Emperor in 1206 and the Mongol Empire had ruled territories including modern-day northern China for decades, it was not until 1271 that Kublai Khan officially proclaimed the dynasty in the traditional Han style, and the conquest was not complete until 1279 when the Southern Song dynasty was defeated in the Battle of Yamen. His realm was, by this point, isolated from the other Mongol-led khanates and controlled most of modern-day China and its surrounding areas, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (), known as the "Boxers" in English because many of its members had practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing". After the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, villagers in North China feared the expansion of foreign spheres of influence and resented the extension of privileges to Christian missionaries, who used them to shield their followers. In 1898 Northern China experienced several natural disasters, including the Yellow River flooding and droughts, which Boxers blamed on foreign and Christian influence. Beginning in 1899, Boxers spread violence across Shandong and the North China Plain, destroying foreign property such as railroads and attacking or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Xin (marquis)
Zhang Xin (, also known as Xin Zhang and Xin "Shynn" Zhang, born 1965) is a Chinese billionaire businesswoman, having primarily earned her fortune in the real estate industry. With her husband Pan Shiyi, she is the co-founder and former CEO of SOHO China, a Chinese office building developer. She stepped down from the role of CEO on 7 September 2022 “in order to focus on supporting the arts and philanthropic pursuits.” She has since taken on the role of Founder of Closer Media, a New York City-based film production company and financier. Raised in meager circumstances in Beijing and Hong Kong, where she was a factory worker for a time, Zhang eventually came to own companies responsible for dozens of real estate developments in Beijing and Shanghai. In the mid-2010s, Zhang began a transition from a business model of building and selling properties to one of buying and leasing them. Zhang also acquired large stakes in New York City's Park Avenue Plaza and General Motors Buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Public Works ...
This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang dynasty to the Qing * Ministry of Works (other) {{Types of government ministers Public works Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and constructed by the government, for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community. They include public buildings ( municipal buildings, sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
