Diaobingshan () is a city in the northeast of
Liaoning province in
Northeast China
Northeast China or Northeastern China () is a geographical region of China, which is often referred to as "Manchuria" or "Inner Manchuria" by surrounding countries and the West. It usually corresponds specifically to the three provinces east of ...
. It is under the administration of
Tieling
Tieling () is one of 14 prefecture-level cities in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.
Demographics
As of the 2020 census, Tieling was home to 2,388,294 people, wh ...
City, which lies to the southeast. In 2017 the population was 239,405.
The city was established as Tiefa City (), a compound name of nearby Tieling City and
Faku County
Faku County () is a county of Liaoning Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning, north of downtown Shenyang. , it has a population of 399,587 in an area of . It ...
, in 1982 as a coal production base. In 2002 it was renamed to Diaobingshan, which is the name of a mountain west of the city. Diaobingshan, which can be translated as 'troops dispatching mountain' is named for troop movements during the
Jin dynasty being dispatched from here.
Administrative divisions
There are seven
towns under the city's administration.
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Towns:
* Bingshan ()
* Daming ()
* Gushanzi ()
*Tiefa
Tiefa () is a town in Diaobingshan, in the north of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Located northwest of Tieling
Tieling () is one of 14 prefecture-level cities in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China. Tieling is a city ...
()
* Xiaoming ()
* Xiaonan ()
* Xiaoqing ()
References
External links
County-level divisions of Liaoning
Tieling
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