Anyuan, Pingxiang
District in Jiangxi, People's Republic of China
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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 | |
|---|---|
Location in Pingxiang City | |
 Location of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Anyuan District government): 27°36′54″N 113°52′15″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingxiang |
| Area | |
• Total | 212 km2 (82 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 383,400 |
| • Density | 1,810/km2 (4,680/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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)
