Benxi

Benxi 本溪
Prefectur-level ceety
本溪市
Location o Benxi Ceety jurisdiction in Liaoning
Benxi Location o the ceety centre in Liaoning
Coordinates: 41°18′N 123°46′E / 41.300°N 123.767°E / 41.300; 123.767
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Liaoning
Destricts an Coonties	Leet Pingshan Destrict Xihu Destrict Mingshan Destrict Nanfen Destrict Benxi Manchu Autonomous Coonty Huanren Manchu Autonomous Coonty
Govrenment
• CPC Benxi	Committee Secretary
• Mayor	Gang Rui
Area
• Prefectur-level ceety	8411 km2 (3,248 sq mi)
• Urban	747 km2 (288 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population  (2010 census)[1]
• Prefectur-level ceety	1,709,538
• Urban	959,610
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart)
Postal code	117000
Area code(s)	414
Licence plates	辽E
Admeenistrative diveesion code	210500
ISO 3166-2	cn-21-05
Website	http://www.benxi.gov.cn/en

Benxi (Cheenese: 本溪; pinyin: Běnxī) is a prefectur-level ceety locatit in the east o Liaoning province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, sooth-sootheast o Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census. It wis foondit as a metallurgical centre in 1915. Benxi Iron an Steel Company ("Bengang") is the lairgest employer in the ceety, an uised tae be the 4t lairgest steel company in Cheenae. The seicont lairgest industry in Benxi is coal minin. Benxi haes pollution problems due tae steel production an coal minin.

The worst coal minin disaster in the warld teuk place on Aprile 26, 1942 in Benxihu Colliery. A coal-dust explosion killed 1,549 miners wirkin that day.

Durin the disaster o Air Fraunce flight AF447, Benxi Iron an Steel Company lost 5 employees, includin the executive Chen Chiping who wis the wife o Liaoning's provincial govrenor.^[2]

Benxi contains 4 destricts an 2 autonomous coonties for the Manchu naition:

Cairt
#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Pingshan Destrict	平山区	Píngshān Qū	350,000	177	1,977
2	Xihu Destrict	溪湖区	Xīhú Qū	220,000	320	688
3	Mingshan Destrict	明山区	Míngshān Qū	300,000	410	732
4	Nanfen Destrict	南芬区	Nánfēn Qū	80,000	619	129
5	Benxi Manchu Autonomous Coonty	本溪满族 自治县	Běnxī Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn	300,000	3,362	89
6	Huanren Manchu Autonomous Coonty	桓仁满族 自治县	Huánrén Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn	300,000	3,547	85

Within thir thare are 25 coonties, 40 veelages an touns, 229 commonties an 289 veelage committees.

Benxi is locatit within latitude 40° 49'−41° 35' N an longitude 123° 34'−125° 46' E, an haes a tot aurie o 8,411.31 square kilometre (3,247.62 sq mi). Tae the east is Jilin Ceety (Jilin), tae the sooth is Dandong, tae the soothwast is Anshan (tho the twa don't actually mairch ilk ither), tae the wast is Liaoyang, tae the northwast is Shenyang, an tae the north is Fushun. The aurie haes mony muntains as well as great forest coverage (74%).

Benxi haes a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), characterised bi het, humid simmers, due tae the East Asie monsoon, an lang, cauld an windy, but dry winters, due tae the Siberie anticyclone. The fower saisons here are distinctive. Nearly hauf o the annual rainfaw occurs in Julie an August alone. The monthly 24-oor average temperatur ranges frae −11.5 °C (11.3 °F) in Januar tae 24.0 °C (75.2 °F) in Julie, an the annual mean is 7.83 °C (46.1 °F). The ceety receives 2,325 oors o bricht sunshine annually.

Benxi’s economy grew 26% in 2008 tae a regional GDP o 61.1 billion CNY. Urban per-capita disposable income wis 13,300 CNY (1,913 USD), an consumption per capita 10,167 CNY (1,462 USD).

Wi 46 lairge an medium-sized enterprises in Benxi, main industrial products are raw iron (14 million tons), steel (13 million tons), finished steel (12 million tons), cement (3 million tons) an raw coal (1 million tons). In 2008, 92,615 fowk wur employed in manufacturin, 20,368 in eddication, 19,228 in public admeenistration an social organisations, 17,913 persons in the minin industry, an 12,997 in transportation an storage. Accordin tae the teep o business ainership, 63,000 wur employed in private companies.^[3]

Uranium is mined in the region.

As o 2009, Asie's biggest iron ore mine, which is reportit tae possess mair nor 3 billion tons o proven reserves, haes been foond in this region.[1]

The Benxi Watter Cave Naitional Pairk.

A river 3,000 meters lang, 2 meters deep an wide enough for 20-30 boats, is foond flowin throu this cave 35 km (22 mi) frae dountoun Benxi. The cave is an aa filled wi coontless stalactites an stone flouers, pillars an curtains.

• Benxi Municipal Fowk's Govrenment offeecial wabsteid Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Benxi Man Autonomous Coonty offeecial wabsteid Archived 2021-12-28 at the Wayback Machine