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weifang city introduction |
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| ·area：15699 square kilometre
·longitude：119° 05' 东 ·latitude：36° 42' 北 ·altitude：51 m ·population：845 0000 ·postcode：261041 ·areacode：0536 |
Weifang, located in central Shandong and renowned as the "Kite Capital of the World", is flying high with its recent bullish economic performance. Under the jurisdiction of Weifang Municipal Government are 4 districts, namely Weicheng, Hanting, Kuiwen and Fangzi; 2 counties, namely Changle and Linqu; 6 county towns, namely Qingzhou, Zhucheng, Shouguang, Changyi, Gaomi and Anqiu. Home to more than 8 million people, Weifang is spread across a land area of some 15,900 sq km. The urban area of 1,472 sq km boosts some 1.2 million dwellers. The city has a temperate climate with an average temperature of 12 degrees Celsius and an annual rainfall of 700 mm. More than 40 types of metals and minerals can be found in Weifang. They include China's largest reserve of sapphire as well as gold, sulphur, iron, barite, granite and marble. Other resources are petroleum and natural gas. Weifang's output of bromine constitutes 75% of China's total, while its crude salt is 1/3 of China's total. Weifang is also rich in grains, cotton, tobacco, vegetables and fruits. It is a major vegetable production and distribution base in China. With its northern coastline bordered by the Bohai Sea, it is also a key production base of prawns in China. Weifang is well connected with other major cities via the Jiaoji Railway, which connects Qingdao to Jinan and the Jiqing Highway, which connects Jinan to Qingdao. The Weifang airport, which is linked to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou, has regular passenger and cargo flights. Weifang is well linked to other ports in Qingdao, Yantai and Rizhao. The construction of its own new 10,000-tonne port is in the pipeline. The first phase involves the building of 9 berths with an annual handling capacity of 5.5 million tons. As a major industrial base in Shandong, Weifang's main products are textile, machinery, electronics, chemical and building materials. Other industries being developed include power, coal, metallurgy, high technology, salt and marine chemistry. In addition, the State Council has designated the Weifang High Technology Industry Development Zone as a priority area for the development of high-tech industries. The 24.3 sq km zone will focus on information technology, marine chemistry, genetic engineering, environmental protection, health care and sanitation. Weifang (Simplified Chinese: 潍坊; pinyin: Wéifāng) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the Laizhou Bay to the north. Administration The prefecture-level city of Weifang administers 12 county-level divisions, including 4 districts, 6 county-level cities and 2 counties. Weicheng District (潍城区) Kuiwen District (奎文区) Fangzi District (坊子区) Hanting District (寒亭区) Qingzhou City (青州市) Zhucheng City (诸城市) Shouguang City (寿光市) Anqiu City (安丘市) Gaomi City (高密市) Changyi City (昌邑市) Changle County (昌乐县) Linqu County (临朐县) Geography Nearby cities include Jinan and Zibo to the west, Yantai to the northeast and Qingdao to the southeast. Economy Dongfeng Street in Downtown WeifangWeifang is home to the large diesel engine company and factory Weichai. The village of Yangjiabu in Hanting district is famous for folk wood-block print (nianhua) and kite production. Weifang regards itself as the 'International Kite Capital' and holds an international kite festival every year in the spring. Relationship with Falun Gong Before July 22, 1999 Falun Gong practitioners from Weifang made a peaceful appeal at Weifang's Appeal Bureau. On the morning of July 15, 1999, the municipal government in Weifang gave an official reply with the official seal, which stated that the Weifang government would refrain from publicly attacking Falun Gong in the newspaper, allow people to practice Falun Gong in public, allow Falun Gong practitioners to pass Falun Gong-related information by themselves, and would not attack or retaliate against those practitioners who went to appeal. Notable people Zheng Xuan (127-200), Eastern Han Dynasty Confucian scholar Liu Yong (劉墉; 1719-1805), renowned Qing Dynasty bureaucrat |
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