Xintai
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Xintai 新泰市 |
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| County-level city | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Tai'an |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Coordinates: 35°54′36″N 117°46′48″E / 35.91000°N 117.78000°E
Xintai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a county-level city administered under Tai'an prefecture-level city, in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is located about 50 km to the southeast of the city of Tai'an.
Xintai lies in the north temperate zone with a monsoon climate. The average annual temperatures is 13℃。
The population is 1,334,549 in 1999.
In August 2007, the Shandong coal mine flood killed 181 miners.
Xintai has a long history, it is the earliest origin of human civilization. "Xintai Man" is one of the oldest members of the Chinese family. In 1966, a Homo teeth fossil was found in Xintai Wuzhutai village. Through expert appraisal, this tooth belonged to a teenage woman. It indicates that 5 million years ago, Homo erectus was living in this area. Moreover, a lot of primitive social sites was found on both sides of Chai Wen River after archaeological excavations, such as Dawenkou culture, Longshan culture and Yueshi culture. It can proves four or five thousand years ago, Chinese ancestors created a splendid ancient culture, opened a prelude to the Oriental human civilization in Xintai.
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