Beipiao
Sign in to saveBeipiao () is a city in Chaoyang prefecture, Liaoning province, in Northeast China. It has a population of 202,807. The main industry in the area is coal mining. With vertical shafts of almost 1000m, these are some of the deepest coal mines in China. The coal produced is used for coking. Daheishan National Forest Park is located in the northwestern part of Beipiao city.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Beipiao
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Beipiao Bus Staion.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Beipiao Bus Station
- Settlement.image_map
- ChinaChaoyangBeipiao.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Chaoyang City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Liaoning
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Liaoning
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Liaoning
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chaoyang
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4469.0
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 183.00
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- 土默特中旗
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Chinchow
- Population
- 439998
- Area
- 4418.74
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- bp.gov.cn
- Image
- Beipiao Bus Staion.jpg
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- postal code
- 122100
- Commons category
- Beipiao
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
- External links
Beipiao () is a city in Chaoyang prefecture, Liaoning province, in Northeast China. It has a population of 202,807. The main industry in the area is coal mining. With vertical shafts of almost 1000m, these are some of the deepest coal mines in China. The coal produced is used for coking. Daheishan National Forest Park is located in the northwestern part of Beipiao city.
The dinosaur Beipiaosaurus was named after the city where its fossils were found nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beipiao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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