Panzhihua 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...

 located in the far south of 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 of Southwest China

Southwest China

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, on the confluence of the Jinsha

Yangtze River

The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

 and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of 7440.398 square kilometres (2,872.8 sq mi), and a total population of 1,100,800 as of 2007. It is the only city in China having a name of a flower, and its economy relies almost entirely on its giant mine, one of the biggest in China. The latter makes it a very polluted city, where the air condition is quite poor.Panzhihua, is a typical resources development in the city; resource-exploitation city, industrial city, city of migrants, mountain city. In 2005 won the "China excellent tourist city" title, in 2008 won the "national health city", "China vanadium, titanium" title.

Geography and climate

Panzhihua is a treasure of natural resources, but remained a wasteland until 1960. It was founded on a remote headwater of the Yangtze River in 1966 as a steel production center. It grew rapidly as it remained relatively prosperous while the rest of the country was undergoing the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

. The city is home to the Panzhihua Iron and Steel

Panzhihua Iron and Steel

Panzhihua Iron and Steel Company Limited, or Pangang, is the state-owned enterprise in Panzhihua, Sichuan, China. It is the largest steel maker in Western China. It is also the largest vanadium product manufacturer in China, and the second largest in the world...

 (Group) Co, called "Pangang 攀钢", the leading steel company in southwest China. There remains a remnant population of the ancient cycad

Cycad

Cycads are seed plants typically characterized by a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves. They usually have pinnate leaves. The individual plants are either all male or all female . Cycads vary in size from having a trunk that is only a few centimeters...

 forests which were once home to the giant panda

Giant Panda

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The area has a monsoon

Monsoon

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-influenced humid subtropical climate

Humid subtropical climate

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 (Köppen

Köppen climate classification

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 Cwa), with short, mild (almost warm), very dry winters, and long, hot, and humid summers. Highs drop to 21 °C (69.8 °F) in December and January, quickly rebounding during the dry springs, and peak in May and June, unlike much of the rest of the province. Much of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.

Hydrologic characteristic value

Panzhihua is belong to Changjiang River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changjiang River, the river more than 95 rivers and streams within the territory, belonging to the Jinsha River, Yalong River, confluence of two rivers in the basin have larger control Anning River, Sanyuan River, three tributaries of the river. Annual runoff volume of 110.2 billion cubic meters of transit, have larger watershed control Anning River, Sanyuan River, the three major river tributaries, of which more than 500 square km drainage area of more than 6, 100 to 26 500 square kilometers Article 50 of the 18 100 square kilometers, 50 square 5 square kilometers of small river directly into the Jinsha, Yalong total of 45. The city can be developed hydropower capacity 700 million kilowatts, installed capacity of 3.474 million kilowatts have been developed (including two beach at 330 million kilowatts, while the salt water 88,000 kilowatts of small, small hydropower Miyi 86,000 kilowatts), there are 3.5 million kilowatts installed capacity of hydropower can be for development.

Geology

Panzhihua is close to Xigeda-Yuanmou fracture in the Sichuan-Yunnan border. Its Renhe District was the epicenter of the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake

2008 Panzhihua earthquake

The 2008 Panzhihua earthquake was a 6.1 Ms earthquake that struck southern Sichuan province, China on August 30, 2008 at 16:30:50.5 CST . It was not an aftershock of the Wenchuan earthquake that occurred in May of the same year...

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Mineral Resources

The city has proven iron ore (mainly vanadium-titanium magnetite) 73.8 million tons of proven iron ore reserves in Sichuan Province accounted for 72.3%, which is one of the four biggest iron ore. The end of 2007, the city's reserves of vanadium-titanium magnetite 6.694 billion tons, of which: to maintain reserves of 425 million tons associated with titanium, accounting for 93% of the country, ranking first in the world; associated vanadium reserves of 10.38 million tons, accounting for 63% in the nation, the world's third. Cobalt reserves of 746 million tons, in addition to chromium, gallium, scandium, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, manganese, platinum and other rare metals, a number of projects have been included for the Association of World Records the world. Non-metallic minerals, coal reserves 708 million tons, crystalline graphite reserves of 15.4 million tons, but Ju Yan reserves of 20.98 million tons, the solvent to maintain reserves of 295 million tons of limestone, metallurgical dolomite reserves of 363 million tons of cement sand retention reserves of 11.94 million tons, 10.32 million tons reserves of refractory clay, diatomite reserves of 16.5 million tons, reserves of 83.75 million cubic meters of granite, marble reserves of 53.99 million cubic meters.

Archaeology

Bronze Agehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze Agecultural remains are representative of various types of bronze. Under the jurisdiction of Panzhihua City in Yanbian, Miyi and Renhe District, has collected nearly 20 bronze. Most of them excavated sites specifically for the tombs of ancient funerary objects. Mostly found in the production of bronze, life practical objects, can be divided into three categories, there are weapons like bronze swords, bronze spears, bronze Ge, copper ax, tools, copper axes, copper knives, copper hoe, Decorations only see copper bracelets, which the largest number of weapons. Copper bronze smelting system processes mature, decoration features prominent, revealing a very strong culture color. 90% with the shape similar bronze western Yunnan, cultural landscape, indicating that activity in the Panzhihua mountain national territory with the same ethnic group in western Yunnan Department of the main ethnic group members. A small number of significant cultural features of the Bronze Shu, Shu cultural impact produced by the Department of imitation. These two thousand years ago (the equivalent of Central China during the Warring States ~ Western Han) bronze cultural relics, established the Panzhihua Bronze Age history. Culture there are different cultural factors converge phenomenon, reflecting the ancient western Yunnan and Sichuan of national long-standing economic and cultural exchanges, but also Yunnan, Sichuan Road communication of important examples. Therefore, the Jinsha River in the study of bronze culture plays an important role.

Tourism resources

Panzhihua City West across the mountain range, east big Liangshan Mountains, north of the Snowy Mountains, south to Jinsha River. Terrain northwest to southeast. Panzhihua City's eastern Xiaoxiangling - Luoji - Lunan mountains, central mountains to Yak - Long elbow mountain, west Jinpingshan - Berlin mountain, near the mountains to north and south. The highest point within the territory of Yanbian, north-west mountains piercing sub-Braun, elevation 4195.5 m; lowest point is the southeastern town of Renhe District teacher plains village, 937 meters above sea level. Urban areas in 1000-1200 meters above sea level, elevation of the main agricultural areas in the 1000 to 1800 meters. Jinsha, Yalong, Anning River, river, river and its tributaries, three sources embedded deep in the mountains, forming the majestic canyon southwest Sichuan area. Landscape dominated by natural landscape areas, has established a red cell spa, large scenic Montenegro, Cave Stone Forest, the Jinsha River and other scenic tourist area. Hai lake scenery especially the region's tourism resources.

Ertan Hydropower Station

Ertan Hydropower Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertan Damis located in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province and Yanbian Miyi on the territory of the Yalong River downstream from Panzhihua City, 46 km. Hydropower is the utilization of hydro-based power generation. Normal reservoir water level elevation of 1200 meters, with a total capacity of 5.8 billion cubic meters. Installation of six stand-alone power plant 550,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric generating set, with a total installed capacity of 3.3 million kilowatts, annual average generating capacity of 17 billion kilowatts hours. The main station building, including: high 240m, 775m arc length of overflow crest arch dam, built when the dam height of dam in the same type of ranking first in Asia and third in the world; 6 9m diameter of the pressure of water pipelines and long 280.3m, width 25.5m, 63.9m high and the underground plant main transformer room, tailrace surge chamber, tailrace tunnel, bus transportation into the factory holes and holes and other underground caverns; the right bank of two sections 13m × 13.5m, respectively, 881m and 1218m length of spillway; left bank of the l of width 15m, 7m long 1819m high over the water tunnel, installation of one vertically integrated transport, timber capacity of over 600,000 m 3; power plant with five back 500kV outlet, switch the station into the ground by the Sichuan power grid. September 14, 1991 starting the main project started; November 26, 1993 closure of success; August 18, 1998 the first unit and power generation; a total investment of 28.554 billion, of which the World Bank loan $ 930 million, is China's single project to introduce the World Bank loan projects. From the end of 1998 to the present, tourists attractions close to one million.

Natural cycas forest

Cycashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas] ,first appeared in the back some 280 million years ago Earth Paleozoic Permian. It vicissitudes, with several ups and downs. Existing cycads, only one Section 10 is about 110 species of plants known as "living fossils." In 1971, Sichuan Agricultural Science and the original forest vegetation Panzhihua aerial survey, found that an area of ​​300 hectares, a total of 10 more than 100,000 Sutie Lin. It is the world's highest latitude ever discovered, the largest and most plants, the most concentrated distribution of the original Su Tielin. Was identified, confirmed that this is a rare new species of Cycas, known as "Panzhihua Cycad." Turner International Cycad experts after their visit to this amazing: "This is China's wealth, the wealth of the world! Panzhihua Sutie Qi, also odd in it but each bud, mid-flowering, flowering female plants can be two years time, this can not be said it was not a strange world every year 3 to 6 months, I saw Su Tielin into tens of thousands of yellow buds dry contests, and plant such as the Buddha holding beads, forest floor like carpet color since 1990, named Cycas Panzhihua to organize Cycas watch the annual trade fair-cum-materials, Panzhihua cycad name has spread like wildfire, famous the world over. Panzhihua cycad and Zigong Dinosaur, Ping Wu panda known as the "Sichuan Ruin."

Administrative divisions

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#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Dong District Dongqu District, Panzhihua Dongqu District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city....	东区	Dōng Qū	320,000	167	1,916
2	Xi District Xiqu District, Panzhihua Xiqu District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city....	西区	Xī Qū	160,000	124	1,290
3	Renhe District Renhe District Renhe District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city....	仁和区	Rénhé Qū	200,000	1,727	116
4	Miyi County Miyi County Miyi County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city....	米易县	Mǐyì Xiàn	200,000	2,153	93
5	Yanbian County Yanbian County Yanbian County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Panzhihua city.-External links:*...	盐边县	Yánbiān Xiàn	200,000	3,269	61

Transport

Panzhihua is a highly industrialized area, which is dominated by a truly gigantic mining operation. Most of the land not in use for mining is taken up by subsistence farming.

Panzhihua is linked to Chengdu and Kunming by rail.

With Panzhihua Airport

Panzhihua Airport

Panzhihua Baoangong Airport is the airport serving Panzhihua, Sichuan province, People’s Republic of China . The airport opened in December 2003. Construction of the airport began in 2000 and cost a total of 1.1 billion yuan.-Airlines and destinations:...

, Panzhihua is also linked by Air to Chengdu.

Education

• Panzhihua University
• The city's top high schools are the No.3 Panzhihua high school (located downtown) and the no.7 high school (located in the western district (Qinxiangping))