The area that was formerly known as Dagang District (; literally as "The Big Port") lies at the southeast of
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
municipality area. It had a population of 440,000 and occupied in size, with a coast line stretching approximately on the eastern side.
Established in 1979, Dagang has developed a foundation of
petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...
chemistry and hosts
Dagang Oilfield
The area that was formerly known as Dagang District (; literally as "The Big Port") lies at the southeast of Tianjin municipality area. It had a population of 440,000 and occupied in size, with a coast line stretching approximately on the easte ...
within its border. In November 2009
Binhai New Area
Binhai, officially known as Binhai New Area (), is a sub-provincial district and state-level new area within the jurisdiction of Tianjin Municipality in the People's Republic of China.
Binhai is intended to replicate development seen in ...
was consolidated into a district, and the former subordinate districts of
Tanggu
Tanggu District () was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about upriver. The Tianjin Economic-Technological Develo ...
,
Hangu and Dagang were abolished.
Climate
References
External links
Official site(Chinese and English)
Districts of Tianjin
1972 establishments in China
2009 disestablishments in China
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