Lishi District () is the only

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 ...

and the seat of the city of

Lüliang Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east, Linfen t ...

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

province, China. The district is a major hub for the coal industry in Lüliang and an administrative center for the prefecture.

Education

Lüliang Higher College is a government sponsored teacher's college that offers degrees from

Taiyuan Normal University Taiyuan Normal University () is a university in Shanxi, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, w ...

. Lüliang Higher College is seeking accreditation as an independent degree-granting institution. It has three campuses. Lüliang Higher College is generally welcoming of European, North American and African native speakers of English, along with native speakers of Japanese for employment options in their foreign language department. Lüliang Higher College has had persistent problems maintaining electric power but has been making sincere efforts to modernize.

Tourist attractions

Major sites near Lishi District include: * Anguo Temple * North Wudang Mountain

References

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