Tieling () is one of 14

prefecture-level cities A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

province of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Tieling is a city where

coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

is an important industry.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, Tieling was home to 2,388,294 people, whom 699,675 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of Yinzhou District and Tieling County, Qinghe District not being conurbated yet. Tieling is a multiethnic area where the majority is Han and the minorities, like the Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Hui, Xibo, Uygur, and ethnic Russians, live in a compact community. The minorities make up 23.2% of the total population.

Administrative divisions

Tieling has jurisdiction over 7 divisions:

Climate

Sightseeing

There are several sightseeing spots: * Yingang Academy () * Longshou Mountain Mountain Scenic Area () * Chai River Reservoir () * Shangyang Lake Dam (an AAAA Level Sightseeing spot in

Qinghe District, Tieling Qinghe District (), previously named as Qinghe Township before the 1980s, is a district of Tieling City. Sightseeings * Qinghe Dam Administrative Divisions There are two subdistricts, two town, and one ethnic township within the district. Subd ...

, also called Qinghe Dam () * Liao River Museum (In Lotus Lake Wetland Park) () * Lotus Lake Wetland Park (in Fanhe Town, Tieling)() File:Longshou Mountain Scenic Area in Yinzhou District Tieling City 12.jpg, Longshou Mountain Scenic Area File:Chai River Reservoir in Tieling City Liaoning China 17.jpg, Chai River Reservoir File:Qinghe Reservoir Tieling Liaoning part 32.jpg, Qinghe Reservoir File:Scenery in Tieling New City part ii 03.jpg, Ruyi Lake File:Tieling - Yingang Shuyuan.jpg, Yingang Academy Txu-oclc-6614368-nk51-5

Economy

Tieling has abundant precious metal and mineral resources, including gold, silver, and aluminum.

References

External links

Official web site
(in Chinese) {{Authority control Cities in Liaoning Prefecture-level divisions of Liaoning