Benxi
本溪市 | |
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.png) Location of Benxi City jurisdiction in Liaoning | |
  Benxi Location of the city centre in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates (Benxi Bureau of Civil Affairs / 本溪市民政局): 41°18′14″N 123°45′54″E / 41.3039°N 123.7649°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Municipal seat | Xihu District |
| Districts and Counties | List
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| Government | |
| • CPC Benxi | Committee Secretary |
| • Mayor | Tian Shuhuai (田树槐) |
| Area | |
| 8,429 km2 (3,254 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,516.8 km2 (585.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 901.4 km2 (348.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 1,326,018 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 865,215 |
| • Urban density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 809,655 |
| • Metro density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 116.5 billion US$ 18.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 67,656 US$ 10,862 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 117000 |
| Area code | 24 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-LN-05 |
| Licence plates | 辽E |
| Administrative division code | 210500 |
| Website | http://www.benxi.gov.cn/ |
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| Simplified Chinese | 本溪 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 本溪 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Tzukung | ||||||||||
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Benxi (Chinese: 本溪, pun-shee) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, south-southeast of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,326,018 (1,709,538 in 2010) whom 809,655 lived in the built-up area made of 3 urban districts (Pingshan, Xihu and Mingshan). It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915. Benxi Iron and Steel Company (Bengang) is the largest employer in the city, and used to be the fourth-largest steel company in China. The second-largest industry in Benxi is coal mining. The city has pollution problems due to steel production and coal mining.
During the disaster of Air France flight AF447, Benxi Iron and Steel Company lost 5 employees, including the executive Chen Chiping who was the wife of Liaoning's provincial governor.[4]
- ^ "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ 辽宁省统计局、国家统计局辽宁调查总队 (October 2016). 《辽宁统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7900-8. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "AF447 victim". www.terra.com.br. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.