Fengnan District was first established as Fengnan County in 1946, when it was carved out of the southern portions of Fengrun County and Luanzhou County.[2] Its name, which literally means "south of Feng", was derived from this.[2]
In July 1955, Fengnan County was abolished, and merged back into Fengrun County.[2] Fengnan County was re-established in June 1961, and was put under the jurisdiction of Tangshan.[2] Tangshan was upgraded from a prefecture to a prefecture-level city in 1983.[2] On May 5, 1994, Fengnan was reorganized as a county-level city.[2] On February 1, 2002, Fengnan was reorganized from a county-level city to a district.[2]
Fengnan District has a coastline of 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi) along the Bohai Sea.[1] The district's terrain is largely flat, and generally higher in the northeast and lower in the southwest.[1] The Dou River [zh], the Sha River [zh], and the Mei River (Chinese: 煤河; lit. 'Coal River') run through the district.[1] The Jintang Canal (Chinese: 津唐运河) also runs through Fengnan District.[1]
Climate
Climate data for Fengnan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
As of 2012, Fengnan District has an estimated population of 530,000.[1] Per the 2010 Chinese Census, the district had a population of 595,467, up from the 550,872 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census.[2] A 1996 estimate put the district's population at 513,000.[2]
Economy
Fengnan District has significant natural deposits of coal and salt.[1]
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