Tongchuan

• Name — Tongchuan • Other Name — Tungchwan • Native Name — 铜川市 • Settlement Type — Prefecture-level city • Coor Pinpoint — Tongchuan municipal government • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — People's Republic of China • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Shaanxi • Seat Type — Municipal seat • Seat — Yaozhou District • Area Total Km2 — 3882 • Population As Of — 2010 • Population Total — 834437 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Demographics Type2 — GDP • Demographics2 Title1 — Total • Demographics2 Info1 — CN¥ 30.7 billion US$ 4.9 billion • Demographics2 Title2 — Per capita • Demographics2 Info2 — CN¥ 36,322 US$ 5,832 • Timezone — China Standard • Utc Offset — +8 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Iso Code — CN-SN-02 • Website — tongchuan.gov.cn/

Tongchuan’s main industries are coal, building materials, machinery, textile and chemical and aluminium industry. Pottery and porcelain, with Yaozhou Kiln products are particularly well known. Tongchuan also produces medicines and food products. Farm products include apples, hot peppers, Chinese prickly ash, garlic, flue-cured tobacco, walnuts and precious Chinese medicine herbs. Apple wine, apple vinegar, apple soft drink which are made of apples and processing products of hot pepper, walnut etc. are well known in China and are exported to Southeast Asia.

Tongchuan city currently comprises 3 administrative county-level subdivisions including 3 district and 1 county. • Map * • Name — Hanzi — Hanyu Pinyin — Population (2010) — Area (km 2) — Density (/km 2) — Post code • Wangyi District — 王益区 — Wángyì Qū — 200,230 — 162 — 1,236 — 727000 • Yintai District — 印台区 — Yìntái Qū — 217,509 — 627 — 347 — 727000 • Yaozhou District — 耀州区 — Yàozhōu Qū — 251,860 — 1,572 — 160 — 727100 • Yijun County — 宜君县 — Yíjūn Xiàn — 91,160 — 1,476 — 64 — 727200

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There are the ruins of the Yaozhou Kiln, the remains of Yuhua Palace, and many rare historical relics. The Forest of Stone Sculptures on Yaowang Mountain is a major historical relic under state protection.