Haicheng () is a
county-level city
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in central
Liaoning
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Province,
People's Republic of China
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, located about southwest of the
provincial capital Shenyang
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. It is under the administration of
Anshan City, the seat of which lies to the northeast.
Haicheng has an area of and as of the 2020 census, a decreasing population of 1,067,905 inhabitants (1,232,739 in 2020).
The infamous warlord General
Zhang Zuolin was born in Haicheng.
Haicheng earthquake of 1975
On 4 February 1975, an
earthquake
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measuring 7.3 on the
Richter Scale
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hit the city of Haicheng, which at the time had approximately 1 million residents. However,
seismologist
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s sent out warnings about this earthquake a day earlier and ordered evacuations. Because of this correct prediction, many lives were saved. This was the first successful earthquake prediction in history. Further aiding the prediction, cats and other animals are also said to have acted strangely in the days leading up to the earthquake. There are some questions as to the validity and accuracy of these reports, which are discussed in detail in the Haicheng Earthquake Prediction link below.
Administrative divisions
Haicheng has four
subdistricts and 23
towns
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Origin and use
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Subdistricts:
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Haizhou Subdistrict ()
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Xinghai Subdistrict Xinghai may refer to:
* The semilegendary "Sea of Stars" () traditionally considered the source of China's Yellow River
*Xinghai County, in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China
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Xiangtang Subdistrict ()
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Dongsi Subdistrict ()
Towns:
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Gushan Manchu Town ()
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Chagou ()
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Jiewen ()
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Shimu ()
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Mafeng ()
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Pailou ()
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Yingluo ()
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Bali
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Maoqi ()
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Wangshi ()
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Nantai ()
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Ganquan ()
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Datun ()
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Xiliu ()
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Ganwang ()
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Zhongxiao ()
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Niuzhuang (Newchwang) ()
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Teng'ao ()
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Gengzhuang ()
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Xisi ()
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Gaotuo ()
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Wangtai ()
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Wenxiang
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Climate
See also
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Anshan
Anshan () is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning's third most populous city with a population ...
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Earthquake prediction
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Liaoning
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References
External links
Haicheng Government Official Website
(on Internet Archive
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)
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Cities in Liaoning
Anshan
County-level divisions of Liaoning