Anyuan District

Anyuan District (simplified Chinese: 安源区; traditional Chinese: 安源區; pinyin: Ānyuán Qū) is a district of the city of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.

Anyuan

安源区
District
Location in Pingxiang City
Location of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi
Coordinates (Anyuan District government): 27°36′54″N 113°52′15″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityPingxiang
Area
 • Total212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total383,400
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code
337000

The famous Maoist propaganda painting Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan is set in this location, depicting an occasion when the young Mao Zedong traveled to Anyuan to help lead a miners' strike.[1] The 1962 painting "Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners" portrays the same strike.[2]

The memorial of Anyuan

Administrative divisions

Anyuan District has 6 Subdistricts and 4 towns.[3]


6 Subdistricts
  • Dongdajie (东大街街道)
  • Fenghuang (凤凰街街道)
  • Bayi (八一街街道)
  • Houbu (后埠街街道)
  • Danjiang (丹江街街道)
  • Baiyuan (白源街街道)
4 towns
  • Anyuan (安源镇)
  • Gaokeng (高坑镇)
  • Wubei (五陂镇)
  • Qingshan (青山镇)

Notes
  1. Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Posters Accessed January 31, 2013.
  2. Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Posters Accessed January 31, 2013.
  3. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.



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