Wafangdian
Sign in to saveWafangdian (), formerly Fuhsien (Fuxian) or Fu County (), is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Zhuanghe, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, China. The city is famous for its ball bearing industry. Wafangdian Bearing Factory is the largest bearing manufacturer in Asia and was initially built by the Japanese during World War II. Its area is and its permanent population is 942,197, compared to 1,024,876 registered with hukou permits. The city borders the prefecture-level city of Yingkou to the northeast.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wafangdian
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Liaoning
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Liaoning
- Settlement.settlement_type
- County-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wafangdian, Dalian, Liaoning, China - panoramio - Matthew Summerton (44).jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Liaoning
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-provincial city
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dalian
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Divisions
- Settlement.seat
- No. 1 Century Square ()
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3576.40
- Settlement.population_total
- 942197
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 167.50
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county-level city
- Official name
- 复县
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Fengtian
- Population
- 905082
- Area
- 3644.22
- Elevation
- 121
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.dlwfd.gov.cn
- Image
- Wafangdian, Dalian, Liaoning, China - panoramio - Matthew Summerton (44).jpg
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- Wafangdian
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- 1163XX
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Climate
- Administrative divisions
- Subdistricts
- Towns
- Townships
- Ethnic Townships
- Economy
- Coastal Area
- Investment Area for the Agriculture and Native Products Process
- Subarea for Industry Production
- Investment Area for Fruit Process
- Investment Subarea for Tourism and Service in Wafangdian
- Economic Development Zone
- See also
- References
- External links
Wafangdian (), formerly Fuhsien (Fuxian) or Fu County (), is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Zhuanghe, under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, China. The city is famous for its ball bearing industry. Wafangdian Bearing Factory is the largest bearing manufacturer in Asia and was initially built by the Japanese during World War II. Its area is and its permanent population is 942,197, compared to 1,024,876 registered with hukou permits. The city borders the prefecture-level city of Yingkou to the northeast.
==Overview== left|thumb|Wafangdian (labelled Fu-hsien (Wa-fang-tien) ) (1956) Wafangdian City is located in the southwest of the Liaodong Peninsula, with a total area of and a population of around 1.02 million. There are rich mines here. Wafangdian is a newly developed city of diamond in the East and its deposits of diamond account for 54% of the national proven diamond deposits. The deposits of the limestone reach over 400,000,000 cubic metres. Wafangdian is famous for bearings and apples in China. Wafangdian has solid industry base, fast-developing agriculture, convenient transportation and telecommunications.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wafangdian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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