Fangchenggang formerly Fangcheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County (1978.12.25~1993.05.23), is a prefecture-level city

Prefecture-level city

A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...

 in China

China

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's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Geography and climate

Fangchenggang a coastal city is in southern Guangxi, bordering Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. Its area is 6,181 km², 120 km² of that urban. One county, Shangsi, has more than 200,000 square kilometres of forest.

Administration

Fangchenggang has 2 urban districts, 1 county, 1 county-level city, 19 townships, 13 towns, 283 villages, and 19 sub-districts.

City Districts:

• Gangkou District
  Gangkou District
  Gangkou District is a district of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Fangchenggang city....
  
   (港口区)
• Fangcheng District
  Fangcheng District
  Fangcheng District is a district of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Fangchenggang city....
  
   (防城区)

City:

• Dongxing
  Dongxing, Guangxi
  -Climate:...
  
   (东兴市)

County:

• Shangsi County
  Shangsi County
  Shangsi County is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Fangchenggang city....
  
   (上思县)

Demographics

Fangchenggang has a total population of 717,966. Ethnic groups and their corresponding numbers are Han

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

 390,286 or 54.36%, Zhuang 287,207 or 40% Yao

Yao people

The Yao nationality is a government classification for various minorities in China. They form one of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where they reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south...

 26,749 or 3.73%, Jing 12,288 or 1.71% and all other minorities combined 1,436 or 0.2%. Population density is 116 people per km² and population growth is 7.75% annually.

Economy

Fanchenggang, the last part of which "gang" means port is as its name implies an important port for Guangxi, and other than Beihai

Beihai

Beihai is a prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China. Beihai means "north of the sea" in Chinese, signifying its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city...

 the only major Chinese port on the Tonkin Gulf. Besides port related industries there is substantial tourism, commercial fishing, hydropower

Hydropower

Hydropower, hydraulic power, hydrokinetic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of falling water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes. Since ancient times, hydropower has been used for irrigation and the operation of various mechanical devices, such as...

, food and beverage production, and agriculture. Agricultural products include rice, corn, peanuts, oranges, and sugarcane. Hydropower produces more than 78,000 kilowatts per year. Other natural resources are coal, limestone, and spring water. The first phase of Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant

Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant under construction in Fangchenggang, autonomous region of Guangxi of the People's Republic of China. The construction of the first reactor at Phase 1 started on July 30, 2010. Once completed, the first phase will be one of two...

, a nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant

A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.Nuclear power plants are usually...

project is under construction here.

Flora and fauna

Like much of Guangxi, there are many forested mountains and stream filled valleys. The area along the border with Vietnam relatively undeveloped and draws considerable tourism. Fangchenggang's forests contain more than 500 types of plants, more than 4000 medicinal plants and herbs, 25 species of mammals, and many species of insects, reptiles, amphibians, and birds. Many nationally protected animals can still be found in Fangchenggang such as gibbons, frogs, butterflies, and tortoises.

External links

• Official Website (Chinese)