Haicheng, Liaoning

Haicheng

海城市
Haicheng 海城市
County-level city
	Downtown Haicheng on 20 July 2008
	Haicheng in Anshan
	Haicheng Location of the city center in Liaoning
	Coordinates: 40°52′57″N 122°41′07″E / 40.8824°N 122.6852°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Liaoning
Prefecture-level city	Anshan
County seat	Haizhou Subdistrict (海州街道)
Area
• County-level city	2,576.0 km2 (994.6 sq mi)
• Urban	2,576 km2 (995 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• County-level city	1,067,905
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban	1,067,905
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	114200
Area code	0412
Website	www.haicheng.gov.cn

Haicheng (Chinese: 海城; pinyin: Hǎichéng; lit. 'Sea City') is a county-level city in central Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) southwest of the provincial capital Shenyang. It is under the administration of Anshan City, the seat of which lies 36 kilometres (22 mi) to the northeast.

Haicheng has an area of 2,576 square kilometres (995 sq mi) and as of the 2020 census, a decreasing population of 1,067,905 inhabitants (1,232,739 in 2020).^[3]

The infamous warlord General Zhang Zuolin was born in Haicheng.^[4]

^ "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ 荣登国家元首宝座的张作霖 (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 15 December 2017. 张作霖，字雨亭，汉族，男，1875年3月19日（清光绪元年二月十二日）生于奉天省海城县驾掌寺乡马家房村西小洼屯（今辽宁省盘锦市大洼县东风镇马家村西小洼屯）

[1] "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[CUCSY_2017-2] Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[3] "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".

[4] 荣登国家元首宝座的张作霖 (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 15 December 2017. 张作霖，字雨亭，汉族，男，1875年3月19日（清光绪元年二月十二日）生于奉天省海城县驾掌寺乡马家房村西小洼屯（今辽宁省盘锦市大洼县东风镇马家村西小洼屯）

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