Jinzhou

For the city in Hebei provonce, see Jinzhou, Hebei.

Jinzhou (Simplified Chinese: 锦州; Traditional Chinese: 錦州; pinyin: Jǐnzhōu) is a prefecture-level city and a large coastal industrial centre in southwestern Liaoning Province, China, in the northern shore of Bohai Sea. It was once a strategic military city in the Liaoxi Passage (遼西走廊). Jinzhou's jurisdiction is 10,301 km², 440 km² is rural. Its coastline is 97.7 km. Population: 3,000,000 - 770,000 of which are urban.

Administration

Jinzhou has eight immediate sub-municipal divisions:

• Linhai County (凌海市)
• Beining County (北宁市)
• Yi County (义县)
• Heishan County (黑山县)
• Guta District (古塔区)
• Taihe District (太和区)
• Linghe District (凌河区)
• Jinzhou Economic-Technological Development Area (锦州经济技术开发区)

The above eight are subdivided into 43 towns (鎮), 69 rural towns (鄉), and 1680 villages.

External link

• 錦州人民政府 (Jinzhou Municipal Government) (in Simplified Chinese)

Prefecture-level divisions of Liaoning Sub-provincial cities: Dalian | Shenyang Prefecture-level cities: Anshan | Benxi | Chaoyang | Dandong | Fushun | Fuxin Huludao | Jinzhou | Liaoyang | Panjin | Tieling | Yingkou

List of Liaoning County-level divisions

See also: Jinzhou, Anshan, Benxi, Bohai Sea, Chaoyang, China, Dalian, Dandong