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Natural resources |
| Pingdingshan has abundant resources under and on the ground. There are 57 kinds of proved minerals. The total output of raw coal is 10.3 billion tons. |
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Economy of Pingdingshan |
| Pingdingshan has a solid industrial foundation. Through more than a half century’s development, it has become an industrial city focusing on energy and raw materials and comprehensively developing coal, electric power, metallurgical, chemical, textile and building material industries. |
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Overview of transportation and highways |
| In July 2002, the first expressway in Pingdingshan city – Pingdingshan section of Xupingnan Expressway broke ground. By December 2008, five expressways had been open to traffic, with a total mileage of 354 kilometers and total investment of 13.4 billion yuan. |
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Population and nationalities |
| The natural growth rate of population in Pingdingshan in 2008 was 5.2‰. The total population was 5.011 million, including 2.014 million urban residents and 2.997 million rural residents. |
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Overview of Pingdingshan’s tourism |
| Pingdingshan city, located in the central part of Henan province, is an excellent tourism destination city and one of the nine backbone cities in the central plain area. |
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Wugang city |
| Wugang is located in the central part of Henan province. |
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City flower and city sculpture |
| The city flower is Chinese rose, with a scientific name rose chinensis. Chinese roses, of the rosaceae family, were originally raised inJiangsu,Zhejiang,ShandongandHebeiprovinces. |
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Weidong district |
| Weidong district, located in the eastern part of urban Pingdingshan. |
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Xinhua district |
| Xinhua district, located in the central and western parts of Pingdingshan, is the political, economic, cultural and trade center of the city. |
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Yexian county |
| Yexian county was named the Capital of China’s Rock Salt by the China Mining Association. |
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