- Jinzhong
Jinzhong (Chinese: 晋中;
pinyin : Jìnzhōng) is aprefecture-level city with several 100,000 inhabitants in the northern half ofShanxi province of thePeople's Republic of China .Before
1999 , what is now Jinzhong was Jinzhong Prefecture, with its capital at thecounty-level city of Yuci (榆次;pinyin : Yúcì; WG: Yu-tz'u). In 1999, Jinzhong Prefecture became Jinzhong Prefecture-level City, and Yuci County-level City became Yuci District (a county-level district).Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
* Yuci District (capital)
*Jiexiu County-level City
*Yushe County
*Zuoquan County
*Heshun County
*Xiyang County
*Shouchang County
*Taigu County
* Qi County
*Pingyao County
*Lingshi County - location of theNanshan Colliery disaster .Jinzhong is assigned 晋K licence plate. For the Jinzhong catholic bishopric, the first bishop after a vacancy of 40 years was consecrated in 1999.
External links
* [http://eglasie.mepasie.org/1999/octobre/chine/295/depeche3_1/ On the consecration of the bishop of Jinzhong]
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