Baiyin Municipality, A prefecture-level city under Gansu Province , In Chinese [白银市]

Facts & Informations :

Administrative Division Code : 620400;

Post Code : 730900;

Phone Area Code :0943

The Prefix of Motor Vehicle License Plate : 甘D

The Prefix of Citizen Identity Card Number: 620400

Area Coverage: 21209 square kilometers;

Population : 1,800,000 persons (Including the subordinate cities and counties);

The Seat : Baiyin District

Official Website of local Government: http://www.baiyin.cn >>>>

Baiyin in Pictures

City Guide to Baiyin: Restaurants, Hotels,Shopping, Hospitals ...

Restaurant and Catering Service

Muslim Cuisine

Korean Cuisine

Hotpot

Leisure and Recreation Facilities

KTV	Cinema	Night Club
Cyber Cafe	Bath

Financial Facilities	Mall,Store and Market

Hospitals & Clinics	Sports Facilities

Community Service	Travel Services

Tour Guide to Baiyin: Streets and Roads

Beijing Road	Wansheng Road	Beihuan Road
Yinshan Road	Tonghua Alley	Huochang Road
Provincial Highway 2	Pedestrian Street	Shiji Boulevard

Tour Guide to Baiyin: Tour Attractions

Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai	Baiyin Tower of Red Army′s Realign
Baiyin Pinchuan Hongshan Temple Grottoes	Jianjin Mountain
Yellow River Gorges Scenic Resort	Tiemu Mountain
Niumendong Neolithic Ruins	Long March Meeting Site
Mt. Shoulu Nature Reserve	Yongtai Ancient Castle

The adminitrative division form of Baiyin is Municipality, which is one of the four administrative divisional forms at the the second level of China local administrative division system .
Municipality is also referred to as a prefecture level city (地级市). Most of Chinese big cities belong to this variety.
A prefecture-level municipality is subject to the juridiction of a provincial government ,and directly controls some urban districts while overseeing some counties or smaller cities on behalf of the provincial government.
Thus it's normal to see a large City (a Municipality) have jurisdiction over some small cities in China.

Urban Subdivisions of Baiyin City
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Pingchuan District	平川区	Pingchuan Qu	District
2	Baiyin District	白银区	Baiyin Qu	District

Subdivisions Under the jurisdication of Baiyin Municipality The components of greater Baiyin Municipality
S/N	Full Name	In Chinese	In Pinyin	Divison type
1	Jingtai County	景泰县	Jingtai Xian	County
2	Huining County	会宁县	Huining Xian	County
3	Jingyuan County	靖远县	Jingyuan Xian	County

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Overview

Baiyin is a treasure place with a beautiful name (Baiyin means white silver in English). It was as early as in the Han Dynasty that mining began here. The records of mining in Baiyin made in the reign of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty read: “there are twenty smelting furnaces in the south of Songshan Mountain”. At that time, there were 3,000 to 4,000 miners at its best, more than 30 mines. According to the records, “the output of metal is much, it piles up everywhere in the city”, and the Ming government set up a special institution in Phoenix Mountain, Huoyan Mountain an.....
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