Lubei District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the city of

Tangshan Tangshan () is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in the central area of the Boha ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, People's Republic of China. The district's population totaled 743,504 as of 2010.

History

Lubei District was first established in 1955, but was merged into Lunan District and the now-defunct the following year. Lubei District was re-established in 1963. In July 2013, the

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of was transferred from

Fengrun District Fengrun District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Subdistricts: * Taiping Road Subdistrict (), Yanshan Road Subdistrict (), Gengyang Subdistrict () Towns: *Fengrun T ...

to Lubei District. In February 2021, the Hebei Provincial Government upgraded Guoyuan from a

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to a town, reflecting the area's increased urbanization.

Administrative divisions

Lubei District administers 11

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and 2

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Subdistricts

The district's 11 subdistricts are Qiaotun Subdistrict (), Wenhua Road Subdistrict (), Diaoyutai Subdistrict (), Dongxincun Subdistrict (), Gangyao Subdistrict (), Jichang Road Subdistrict (),

Hebei Road Subdistrict Hebei Road Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the seat of Lubei District, in the north of Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China. , it has 7 residential communities () under its administration. See also *List of township-level divisions of ...

(), Longdong Subdistrict (),

Dali Subdistrict Dali Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Lubei District, in the heart of Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China. , it has 20 residential communities () under its administration. *Junxinli Community () *Jun'anli Community () *Dongdali Communit ...

(), Guangming Subdistrict (), and ().

Towns

The district's 2 towns are () and Guoyuan ().

Demographics

In recent decades, the population of Lubei District has steadily increased. The 2010 Chinese Census reported the district's population to be 743,504, up significantly from the 567,476 reported in the 2000 Chinese Census. A 1996 estimate put the district's population at about 472,000.

Economy

Tangsteel Group Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Company Limited, or Tangsteel, founded in 1943 and headquartered in Tangshan, Hebei, is one of the largest steel manufacturing state-owned enterprise in China. Its subsidiary and listed company, Tangshan Iron and ...

is headquartered in Lubei District. The district is home to the

Tangshan New Technology Development Zone Tangshan New Technology Development Zone () is a township-level division of Lubei District, Tangshan, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People ...

().

Culture

The , a museum commemorating Tangshan's industrial history, is located in Lubei District.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Hebei Tangshan {{Tangshan-geo-stub