Haicheng
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Haicheng is a county-level city
of central Liaoning
province, Northeast China
. It is located about 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) southwest of Shenyang
, the provincial capital, and is under the administration of Anshan City, the seat of which lies 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) to the northeast.
Haicheng has an area of 2734 square kilometres (1,055.6 sq mi) and a population of 1,130,000.
and 23 towns
:
Subdistricts:
Towns:
measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit the city of Haicheng, which at the time had approximately 1 million residents. However, seismologists sent out warnings about this earthquake a day earlier and ordered evacuations. Because of this correct prediction, many lives were saved. This was the first successful earthquake prediction in history. Further aiding the prediction, cats and other animals are also said to have acted strangely in the days leading up to the earthquake. There are some questions as to the vailidity and accuracy of these reports, which are discussed in detail in the Haicheng Earthquake Prediction link below.
County-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
of central Liaoning
Liaoning
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
province, Northeast China
Northeast China
Northeast China, historically known in English as Manchuria, is a geographical region of China, consisting of the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The region is sometimes called the Three Northeast Provinces...
. It is located about 120 kilometres (74.6 mi) southwest of Shenyang
Shenyang
Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...
, the provincial capital, and is under the administration of Anshan City, the seat of which lies 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) to the northeast.
Haicheng has an area of 2734 square kilometres (1,055.6 sq mi) and a population of 1,130,000.
Administrative divisions
Haicheng has 4 subdistrictsSubdistrict (China)
The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...
and 23 towns
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...
:
Subdistricts:
- Haizhou Subdistrict (海州街道), Xinghai Subdistrict (兴海街道), Xiangtang Subdistrict (响堂街道), Dongsi Subdistrict (东四街道)
Towns:
- Gushan Hui Town (孤山满族镇), Chagou (岔沟镇), Jiewen (接文镇), Ximu (析木镇), Mafeng (马风镇), Pailou, YingluoYingluoYingluo is small town located 23.6 km southeast of Haicheng, in Liaoning Province. A major road across the town connect to Pailouon the northeast and Dashiqiao City on the west....
(英落镇), Bali (八里镇), Maoqi (毛祁镇), WangshiWangshiWangshi is a township-level division situated in Bozhou, Anhui, China....
(王石镇), Nantai (南台镇), Ganquan (甘泉镇), Datun (大屯镇), Xiliu (西柳镇), Ganwang (感王镇), Zhongxiao (中小镇), Niuzhuang (牛庄镇), Teng'ao (腾鳌镇), Gengzhuang (耿庄镇), Xisi (西四镇), Gaotuo (高坨镇), Wangtai (望台镇), Wenxiang (温香镇)
Haicheng Earthquake of 1975
On 4 February 1975, an earthquakeEarthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale hit the city of Haicheng, which at the time had approximately 1 million residents. However, seismologists sent out warnings about this earthquake a day earlier and ordered evacuations. Because of this correct prediction, many lives were saved. This was the first successful earthquake prediction in history. Further aiding the prediction, cats and other animals are also said to have acted strangely in the days leading up to the earthquake. There are some questions as to the vailidity and accuracy of these reports, which are discussed in detail in the Haicheng Earthquake Prediction link below.