Xinzheng
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Xinzheng 新郑市 |
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Pagoda in Xinzheng with Soviet architecture in the background
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 Xinzheng
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| Coordinates: 34°23′40″N 113°44′20″E / 34.39444°N 113.73889°ECoordinates: 34°23′40″N 113°44′20″E / 34.39444°N 113.73889°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture | Zhengzhou |
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| • Total | 15 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 600,000 |
| • Density | 40,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | www |
Xinzheng (simplified Chinese: 新郑; traditional Chinese: 新鄭; pinyin: Xīnzhèng) is a small county-level city of Zhengzhou in the south of Henan province of Central China. The city has a population of 600,000 people and covers an area of 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi).
Xinzheng is considered as one of the birth places of Chinese nation. More than 8000 years ago, neolithic people of Peiligang culture lived in the vicinity. The legendary Yellow Emperor was said to have been born in Xinzheng 5000 years ago. During the Zhou Dynasty it was the capital of the state of Zheng and later, the state of Han, after the conquest of the former by the latter. It was the seat of government for the Qin Dynasty, from about 221 BCE, which is considered the beginning of a unified China. The word qin (秦), which is pronounced similar to "chin", is thought to be the basis for the word "China."
Historically, this prefecture was an integrated part of Zhengzhou. However, in 1994, the Henan Provincial Council authorized the incorporation of Xinzheng into a separate municipality.
Xinzheng has one of the largest concentrations of foreign teachers in central China due to the presence of Sias International University. The school has over 26,000 students and over 120 foreign teachers and their 40 dependent family members. Along with Sias University, the city is also home to another university: ShengDa.
Xinzheng has a diversified economy, though agriculture and heavy industry dominate the economic landscape.
Xinzheng's agriculture involves the cultivation of maize, cotton, tobacco and other industrial crops. The city is well known throughout China for the jujube or Chinese Date. At harvest time, large quantities of these fruits are sold in markets, as well as on the side of the roads into the town.
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