Xingcheng
Sign in to saveXingcheng (), former name Ningyuan (), is a county-level city under the administration of Huludao, in southwest Liaoning province, China, with a population of approximately 220,000 urban inhabitants, and is located on the Liaodong Bay, i.e. the northern coast of the Bohai Sea. The area is steeped in history, and contains one of the best preserved Ming Dynasty towns in China, as well as functioning as a laidback summer resort.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xingcheng
- Settlement.other_name
- Hingcheng; Hsingcheng
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- Postal code
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- 1125xx
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- China Liaoning
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- bottom
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- Location in Liaoning
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- County-level city
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- ChinaHuludaoXingcheng.png
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- Location in Huludao City
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- 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
- Huludao
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2113
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 census
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- Historical Importance
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- Transportation
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- Climate
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Xingcheng (), former name Ningyuan (), is a county-level city under the administration of Huludao, in southwest Liaoning province, China, with a population of approximately 220,000 urban inhabitants, and is located on the Liaodong Bay, i.e. the northern coast of the Bohai Sea. The area is steeped in history, and contains one of the best preserved Ming Dynasty towns in China, as well as functioning as a laidback summer resort.
==Historical Importance== Xingcheng has a long and distinguished history, and was established as a county as far back as the Liao Dynasty in CE 990. After being dissolved by the Yuan, it was resurrected during the Ming Dynasty under the name Ningyuan, and gained strategic importance as the first defensive outpost outside the Great Wall. Xingcheng's city walls have stood since they were first constructed in 1428 and were instrumental in helping the Ming defeat the great Manchu commander Nurhaci at the pivotal Battle of Ningyuan in 1626.