Tangshan is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province, China, facing the Bohai Sea and lying east-southeast of Beijing. Its prefecture population reached about 7.7 million at the 2020 census. Known as the birthplace of China's first standard-gauge railway, railway plant, steam locomotive and cement factory following the start of coal mining there in 1870, the city is remembered as the country's "cradle of industrialization." Tangshan was devastated by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on July 28, 1976, with an official death toll of 255,000, and has since been rebuilt into a major port and industrial center.
Facts
Population2020 census figure, prefecture-level city administrative area, not the smaller urban-core figure (4,963,907) the same infobox states separately. Area (sq km)Prefecture-level city administrative area, matching the same infobox's population_total scope, per the Beijing entry's own established convention on this atlas. Founding Year1938 is the modern municipal establishment date. The same article traces the city's growth to 1870, when the Kailuan Group opened coal mines that made Tangshan an industrial and railway town well before 1938. Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Source gives 38.76 m exactly; rounded to the nearest whole metre for this Int-typed key. Sources
1. Tangshan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, area_total_km2 field
area_total_km2 = 13472
Infobox, population_total field
population_total = 7717983
Infobox, population_as_of field
population_as_of = 2020 census
Infobox coordinates field
39°37′46″N 118°10′26″E / 39.62944°N 118.17389°E
Infobox, established_date field
established_date = January 28, 1938
View the Source 2. Tangshan (Weather and Climate)
World Weather and Climate InformationCity elevation figureQuote, City elevation figure
an elevation of 38.76 meters (127.17 feet) above sea level
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