For other uses, see Benxi Manchu Autonomous County.
Not to be confused with Ben Xi.
Prefecture-level city in Liaoning, People's Republic of China
Benxi
本溪市
Prefecture-level city
Location of Benxi City jurisdiction in Liaoning
Benxi
Location of the city centre in Liaoning
Coordinates (Benxi Bureau of Civil Affairs / 本溪市民政局): 41°18′14″N123°45′54″E / 41.3039°N 123.7649°E / 41.3039; 123.7649
Country
People's Republic of China
Province
Liaoning
Municipal seat
Xihu District
Districts and Counties
List
Pingshan District
Xihu District
Mingshan District
Nanfen District
Benxi Manchu Autonomous County
Huanren Manchu Autonomous County
Government
• CPC Benxi
Committee Secretary
• Mayor
Tian Shuhuai (田树槐)
Area
• Prefecture-level city
8,429 km2 (3,254 sq mi)
• Urban
1,516.8 km2 (585.6 sq mi)
• Metro
901.4 km2 (348.0 sq mi)
Elevation
131 m (430 ft)
Population
(2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city
1,326,018
• Density
160/km2 (410/sq mi)
• Urban
865,215
• Urban density
570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Metro
809,655
• Metro density
900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city
CN¥ 116.5 billion US$ 18.7 billion
• Per capita
CN¥ 67,656 US$ 10,862
Time zone
UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
117000
Area code
24
ISO 3166 code
CN-LN-05
Licence plates
辽E
Administrative division code
210500
Website
http://www.benxi.gov.cn/
Benxi
Simplified Chinese
本溪
Traditional Chinese
本溪
Postal
Tzukung
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Běnxī
Wade–Giles
Pen3-ch'i1
IPA
[pə̀n.ɕí]
Benxi (Chinese: 本溪, pun-shee) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, south-southeast of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,326,018 (1,709,538 in 2010) whom 809,655 lived in the built-up area made of 3 urban districts (Pingshan, Xihu and Mingshan). It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915. Benxi Iron and Steel Company (Bengang) is the largest employer in the city, and used to be the fourth-largest steel company in China. The second-largest industry in Benxi is coal mining. The city has pollution problems due to steel production and coal mining.
During the disaster of Air France flight AF447, Benxi Iron and Steel Company lost 5 employees, including the executive Chen Chiping who was the wife of Liaoning's provincial governor.[4]
^"China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^辽宁省统计局、国家统计局辽宁调查总队 (October 2016). 《辽宁统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7900-8. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
^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.
^"AF447 victim". www.terra.com.br. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
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