Zhengzhou
Province
Zhengzhou (in Chinese郑州 市/郑州 市, pinyin Zhengzhou Shì, in old English and German transcriptions also Chengchow or sealed Narrows show) is the capital of Henan province, People's Republic of China. Zhengzhou is a prefecture-level city with an administrative area of 7,507 km ² and 8,626,505 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2010). The closer the core city is home to nearly 500 sq km about 3.5 million inhabitants. Its center is located about 20 kilometers south of the Yellow River ( Huang He ). Zhengzhou is an important industrial city ( cotton, glass, aluminum industry, mechanical engineering), it is a national transportation hub (rail, airport), a commercial, financial and information center, an exhibition center and cultural center with a large catchment area. Your short character is郑/郑.
Administrative Divisions
At county level, Zhengzhou consists of six districts, a circle and five independent cities together. These are:
- City Zhongyuan District (中原 区), 195 km ², 570,000 inhabitants ( end of 2003), center, seat of the city government;
- Municipality Erqi (二七区), 159 km ², 500,000 inhabitants;
- Municipality Guancheng Hui (管 城 回族 区), 204 km ², 320,000 inhabitants;
- City Jinshui District (金水区), 242 km ², 780,000 inhabitants;
- Municipality Shangjie (上 街区), 18 km ², 80,000 inhabitants;
- Municipality Huiji (惠 济 区), 206 km ², 150,000 inhabitants;
- Circle Zhongmou (中牟 县), 1393 km ², 690,000 inhabitants, capital: greater community Chengguan (城关 镇);
- Xinzheng City (新郑 市), 873 km ², 630,000 inhabitants;
- Dengfeng City (登封 市), 1220 km ², 630,000 inhabitants;
- Xinmi City (新 密 市), 1001 km ², 820,000 inhabitants;
- Gongyi City (巩义 市), 1041 km ², 790,000 inhabitants;
- Xingyang City (荥阳市), 955 km ², 650,000 inhabitants.
History
The modern city of Zhengzhou can look back on a history of many thousands of years. As early as the Neolithic period, the area of today's Zhengzhou and its environment of people with a highly developed artistic culture was populated, which dates back to the time of about 7500 BC.
In addition, the archaeologists discovered within the territory of Zhengzhou, a city of the Bronze Age ( 16th century BC). It was a fortified capital of the Shang Dynasty. The Shang TIMELINESS site of Zhengzhou is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1961.
The city and its surrounding area suffered during the Second Sino- Japanese War 1937-1945 very much. Hoping to be able to stop the Japanese troops, the Guomindang government decided in 1938 to break the dikes the Yellow River. This an area of 54,000 square kilometers was flooded with water. One million people were drowned, and twelve million people perished under hunger and disease.
Politics and Administration
Twinning
Zhengzhou maintains since 1981 with the Japanese city of Saitama twinned since 2013 with the Namibian town of Mariental.
Economy
1954 Zhengzhou capital of Henan Province; In 1956, the Zhengzhou University was founded. This led to an explosive growth of the city. Zhengzhou is located in a large park with vast cotton fields and was therefore the center of the textile industry in China.
The provincial capital is a major transportation hub in the Middle East, China, an area of several hundred million people. Thanks to the construction of the Beijing- Guangzhou railway line and the younger link Shanghai - Xi'an - Urumqi, the city experienced a rapid development. In Zhengzhou is the largest passenger and cargo handling station of the Asian-European rail link from Lianyungang through central Asia to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. North Train Station Zhenghzou (郑州 北, Zhengzhou At ) is the largest freight and marshalling yard in Asia.
The Zhengzhouer commodity trading market is the largest corn futures market in China.
Furthermore, there in Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co, Ltd. , Which produces vehicles under the Nissan and Dongfeng as an automobile manufacturer. The company has grown primarily through participation in various rallies known.
Tourism
Zhengzhou serves as a good starting point to visit the Shaolin Monastery. After the central station take a few tour buses to the Shaolin monastery and mountain. From Shaolin Monastery can take several buses to Luoyang.