Deyang
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Deyang is a prefecture-level city
in Sichuan
province, China
. Deyang is a wealthy, mostly industrial city, with the Erzhong Heavy Machinery Company (中国二重）, Dongfang Electrical Company (东方电机), and various high-tech industry contributing to its economy. It has a population of around 3,810,000 in 2004 and an area of 5818 km².
This county less than 1 hour from Chengdu city is known for a liquor factory called jiannanchun in the county-level city of Mianzhu and the Sanxingdui museum in Guanhan City (county-level) about the ancient Shu culture famous for its bronze mask. Deyang's main city of Jinyang is based on the Jinghu River passing under 7 bridges flowing North to South. The River has been widened and 5 of the bridges are part dams and has assumed the name of Jinghu Lake. A very large proportion of local residents can be found walking or dancing to music every evening along the riverbank's beautiful parks. Although Deyang is not a tourist city this is actually an advantage for a tourist being able to see more traditional Chinese daily culture without roadside sales people or professional beggars in your face every few minutes. The city boasts Confucian temples and a stone sculpture park, the beautiful East mountain and lake areas but interestingly beautiful countryside in all directions leading to villages that go about their daily business as they did 100 years ago.
Although Deyang is primarily based on industry, it is remarkably clean (and well known throughout Sichuan Province for it) with the local government vigilant in this area and air quality is very high being supplied with breezes coming from the immediate East mountain ranges and large expanse of countryside. With the high turnover of industry, many businessmen visit the city so there is many established accommodation options from cheap hostels through to expensive 5 star style hotels and the same for eating where a whole meal can be had for as little $1 USD through to restaurants where only millionaires dare enter. Transport is well serviced with an extensive bus service and routes and a typical taxi at around $1 USD would get you halfway across the city and to typical local destinations.
On May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake
occurred. An estimated 90,000 people were killed or still missing with an estimated 400,000 injured. Around 5 million were effected through property losses, many left homeless. Schools in Mianzhu
and Shifang
collapsed.
Deyang county has mostly recovered from the devastation of the 2008 earthquake with most people now compensated where required (injury etc.) and established in new houses and in some cases new areas as well as factories and works being re-established. For the new houses in most cases, the new owners are requested to meet 30% of the cost while the Government covers the rest. While the Government didn't meet its initial (and ambitious) 1 year plan to rehouse all victims it did manage to mostly be successful within 2 years while in the meantime residents lived in Government provided mobile home type cities with weekly cash payments for all victims in order to purchase food and clothing.
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 Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
province, China
China
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. Deyang is a wealthy, mostly industrial city, with the Erzhong Heavy Machinery Company (中国二重）, Dongfang Electrical Company (东方电机), and various high-tech industry contributing to its economy. It has a population of around 3,810,000 in 2004 and an area of 5818 km².
This county less than 1 hour from Chengdu city is known for a liquor factory called jiannanchun in the county-level city of Mianzhu and the Sanxingdui museum in Guanhan City (county-level) about the ancient Shu culture famous for its bronze mask. Deyang's main city of Jinyang is based on the Jinghu River passing under 7 bridges flowing North to South. The River has been widened and 5 of the bridges are part dams and has assumed the name of Jinghu Lake. A very large proportion of local residents can be found walking or dancing to music every evening along the riverbank's beautiful parks. Although Deyang is not a tourist city this is actually an advantage for a tourist being able to see more traditional Chinese daily culture without roadside sales people or professional beggars in your face every few minutes. The city boasts Confucian temples and a stone sculpture park, the beautiful East mountain and lake areas but interestingly beautiful countryside in all directions leading to villages that go about their daily business as they did 100 years ago.
Although Deyang is primarily based on industry, it is remarkably clean (and well known throughout Sichuan Province for it) with the local government vigilant in this area and air quality is very high being supplied with breezes coming from the immediate East mountain ranges and large expanse of countryside. With the high turnover of industry, many businessmen visit the city so there is many established accommodation options from cheap hostels through to expensive 5 star style hotels and the same for eating where a whole meal can be had for as little $1 USD through to restaurants where only millionaires dare enter. Transport is well serviced with an extensive bus service and routes and a typical taxi at around $1 USD would get you halfway across the city and to typical local destinations.
On May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 Msand 7.9 Mw occurred at 14:28:01 CST...
occurred. An estimated 90,000 people were killed or still missing with an estimated 400,000 injured. Around 5 million were effected through property losses, many left homeless. Schools in Mianzhu
Mianzhu
Mianzhu is a county-level city of Deyang, Sichuan province in Southwest China.It has an area of and a population of 510,000 in 2004.The city was heavily damaged during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Fuxin No...
and Shifang
Shifang
Shifang is a county-level city in Sichuan, China under the municipal administration of Deyang. It is located about 50 km from Chengdu. It has an area of 863 km² and a population of 430,000 in 2004....
collapsed.
Deyang county has mostly recovered from the devastation of the 2008 earthquake with most people now compensated where required (injury etc.) and established in new houses and in some cases new areas as well as factories and works being re-established. For the new houses in most cases, the new owners are requested to meet 30% of the cost while the Government covers the rest. While the Government didn't meet its initial (and ambitious) 1 year plan to rehouse all victims it did manage to mostly be successful within 2 years while in the meantime residents lived in Government provided mobile home type cities with weekly cash payments for all victims in order to purchase food and clothing.
Subdivisions
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Jingyang District Jingyang District Jingyang District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Deyang city.... |
旌阳区 | Jīngyáng Qū | 630,000 | 648 | 972 |
| 2 | Shifang City Shifang Shifang is a county-level city in Sichuan, China under the municipal administration of Deyang. It is located about 50 km from Chengdu. It has an area of 863 km² and a population of 430,000 in 2004.... |
什邡市 | Shífāng Shì | 430,000 | 863 | 498 |
| 3 | Guanghan City Guanghan Guanghan is a county-level city in Deyang, Sichuan province, China. The predominant industries are tourism, pharmaceuticals and the supply of building material.... |
广汉市 | Guǎnghàn Shì | 590,000 | 551 | 1,071 |
| 4 | Mianzhu City Mianzhu Mianzhu is a county-level city of Deyang, Sichuan province in Southwest China.It has an area of and a population of 510,000 in 2004.The city was heavily damaged during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Fuxin No... |
绵竹市 | Miánzhú Shì | 510,000 | 1,245 | 410 |
| 5 | Luojiang County Luojiang County Luojiang County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Deyang city.... |
罗江县 | Luójiāng Xiàn | 240,000 | 448 | 536 |
| 6 | Zhongjiang County Zhongjiang County Zhongjiang County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Deyang city.... |
中江县 | Zhōngjiāng Xiàn | 1,410,000 | 2,063 | 683 |