Yuandian is a town of

Shanzhou District Shanzhou District, previously known as Shan County or Shanxian or Shaan, is an urban district of Sanmenxia in western Henan, China, bordering Shanxi province to the north. It is located on the southern bank of the Yellow River and includes the ...

Sanmenxia Sanmenxia ( zh, s= , t= , p=Sānménxiá; Postal romanization, postal: Sanmenhsia) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Henan, Henan Province, China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Henan, Sanmenxia borders Luoyang to the east, Nanya ...

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. The town had a population of 37,055 in 2005.

Sanmenxia West railway station Sanmenxiaxi (Sanmenxia West) railway station () is a station on Longhai railway in Shanzhou District, Sanmenxia, Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, th ...

of the

Longhai railway The Longhai railway (), formerly romanized as the is a major arterial east–west railway in China. It runs from Lianyungang, Jiangsu, on the Yellow Sea to Lanzhou, Gansu, through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, cove ...

is located in the town.

History

Originally the town was called Yuandian written as . In 1958 it was part of Daying commune. Yuandian town was established in 1962. A Miaodigou culture (4,400 - 5,500 years ago) archeological site has been found in the town.

Administrative divisions

As of 2016, the town was divided in 6 residential communities and 5 administrative villages. Residential communities * Middle community (中区) * Dongyi community ('North 1', 东一区) * Dong'er community ('North 2', 东二区) * West community (西区) * North community (北区) * Market community (市场区) Villages * Yuandian (原店村) * Guojia (郭家村) * Xinjian (新建村) * Zhaigen (寨根村) * Chali (岔里村)

References

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