Shadang Village () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
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Chenjiagang
Chenjiagang (), often abbreviated to Chengang (), is a town in Xiangshui County, Jiangsu, China.
Administrative divisions
On July 3, 2001, Hai'an Ji (海安集乡) was merged into Chenjiagang . No change was made to location names.
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Xiangshui County
Xiangshui County () is a coastal county under the administration of Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China. The northernmost county-level division of Yancheng, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Lianyungang to the northwest and Huai'an to the s ...
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Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...
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China.
On Mar 21, 2019,
an explosion occurred in
Tianjiayi Chemical. Shadang Village is about 1 km away from the plant.
Buildings in Shadang Village were seriously affected by the blast wave. Shutter doors and windows were torn out of shape.
Residents were not evacuated as of 20:00 (UTC+8).
Administrative divisions
This area is currently recognized as a by the
National Bureau of Statistics of China.
It belongs to the subdistrict of and is administrated by Shadang Neighborhood Committee ().
See also
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Chenjiagang Town
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2019 Xiangshui chemical plant explosion
On 21 March 2019, a major explosion occurred at a chemical plant in Chenjiagang Chemical Industry Park, Chenjiagang, Xiangshui County, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. According to reports published on March 25, 78 people were killed and 617 injured. ...
References
Chenjiagang
Villages in China
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