Lubei District () is a

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of the city of

Tangshan Tangshan ( zh, c=唐山 , p=Tángshān) is a coastal, industrial prefecture-level city in the northeast of Hebei province. It is located in the eastern part of Hebei Province and the northeastern part of the North China Plain. It is located in t ...

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

, China. The district's population totaled 743,504 as of 2010.

History

Lubei District was first established in 1955, but was merged into

Lunan District Lunan District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of 430,312 per the 2020 government census. Toponymy Lunan District derives its name from its location to the sou ...

and the now-defunct the following year. Lubei District was re-established in 1963. In July 2013, the

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of was transferred from

Fengrun District Fengrun District () is a district of the city of Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The district spans an area of , and has a population of 800,740 as of 2020. History During the Warring States period, the area of present-day Fengrun District belo ...

to Lubei District. In February 2021, the Hebei Provincial Government upgraded Guoyuan from a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

to a town, reflecting the area's increased urbanization.

Administrative divisions

Lubei District administers 11

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and 2

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. The district's 11 subdistricts are Qiaotun Subdistrict (), Wenhua Road Subdistrict (), Diaoyutai Subdistrict (), Dongxincun Subdistrict (), Gangyao Subdistrict (), Jichang Road Subdistrict (), Hebei Road Subdistrict (), Longdong Subdistrict (),

Dali Subdistrict Dali Subdistrict () is a subdistrict of Lubei District, in the heart of Tangshan, Hebei, People's Republic of China. , it has 20 residential communities () under its administration. *Junxinli Community () *Jun'anli Community () *Dongdali Communit ...

(), Guangming Subdistrict (), and (). The district's 2 towns are () and Guoyuan ().

Demographics

In recent decades, the population of Lubei District has steadily increased. The

2010 Chinese Census The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国第六次全国人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China wi ...

reported the district's population to be 743,504, up significantly from the 567,476 reported in the

2000 Chinese Census The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calcul ...

. A 1996 estimate put the district's population at about 472,000.

Economy

Tangsteel Group Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Company Limited, or Tangsteel, founded in 1943 and headquartered in Tangshan, Hebei, is one of the largest steel manufacturing state-owned enterprise in China. Its subsidiary and listed company, Tangshan Iron and St ...

is headquartered in Lubei District. The district is home to the

Tangshan New Technology Development Zone Tangshan New Technology Development Zone () is a township-level division of Lubei District, Tangshan, Hebei, China. See also *List of township-level divisions of Hebei This is a list of township-level divisions of the province of Hebei, People ...

().

Culture

The , a museum commemorating Tangshan's industrial history, is located in Lubei District.

References

County-level divisions of Hebei Tangshan {{Tangshan-geo-stub