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Shifang

Shifang
什邡市
County-level city
Nickname(s): The Pearl of Western Sichuan ()
Location of Shifang within Sichuan, China
Location of Shifang within Sichuan, China
Shifang is located in Sichuan
Shifang
Shifang
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 31°20′0″N 104°12′0″E / 31.33333°N 104.20000°E / 31.33333; 104.20000Coordinates: 31°20′0″N 104°12′0″E / 31.33333°N 104.20000°E / 31.33333; 104.20000
Country China
Province Sichuan
Prefecture Deyang
City seat Fangting Sub-district(方亭街道)
Area
 • Total 863 km2 (333 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 430,000
 • Density 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 618400
Area code(s) 0838
Website http://www.shifang.gov.cn/
Shifang
Chinese
Former names
Zhifang
Chinese
(Later Han)
Meixin
Chinese
Fangting
Chinese
Fangning
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Tongji
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Shifang, formerly Shifang County, is a county-level city in Sichuan, China under the municipal administration of Deyang. It is located about 50 kilometers (31 mi) from Chengdu. It had an area of 863 km2 (333 sq mi) and a population of 430,000 in 2004. Shifang has a history stretching back over two thousand years. It suffered heavy damage during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The city was also the scene of a large-scale environmental protest against a copper smelting plant in July 2012.

The area was first known as Zhifang during the Chu-Han Contention that followed the collapse of China's Qin dynasty. Under Wang Mang's Xin dynasty, the area was renamed Meixin County in AD 4, but the Bright and Martial Emperor of the restored Han dynasty restored the name Zhifang—with a different character—in AD 25. The current name was first adopted in AD 221 by the Kingdom of Shu. Under the Northern Zhou, Shifang was known as Fangting or Fangning between 557 and its merger with Luo County sometime between 566 and 576. Between 912 and 919, it was known as Tongji County.


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