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Anyuan, Pingxiang

Coordinates: 27°36′54″N 113°52′15″E / 27.6150°N 113.8708°E / 27.6150; 113.8708
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Anyuan
安源区
Location in Pingxiang City
Location in Pingxiang City
Location of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi
Location of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi
Coordinates (Anyuan District government): 27°36′54″N 113°52′15″E / 27.6150°N 113.8708°E / 27.6150; 113.8708
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityPingxiang
Area
 • Total
212 km2 (82 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
383,400
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code
337000

Anyuan District (simplified Chinese: 安源区; traditional Chinese: 安源區; pinyin: Ānyuán Qū) is a district of the city of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.

The famous Maoist propaganda painting Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan is set in this location, depicting an occasion when the young Mao Zedong traveled to Anyuan to help lead a miners' strike.[1] The 1962 painting "Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners" portrays the same strike.[2]

The memorial of Anyuan

Administrative divisions

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Anyuan District has 6 Subdistricts and 4 towns.[3]

6 Subdistricts
4 towns

Notes

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  1. ^ Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Posters Accessed January 31, 2013.
  2. ^ Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Anyuan Miners Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Posters Accessed January 31, 2013.
  3. ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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