Chenzhuang, Lingshou County

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Chenzhuang

陈庄镇
Town
Chenzhuang is located in Hebei
Chenzhuang
Chenzhuang
Location in Hebei
Coordinates: 38°34′08″N 114°06′02″E / 38.56898°N 114.10054°E / 38.56898; 114.10054Coordinates: 38°34′08″N 114°06′02″E / 38.56898°N 114.10054°E / 38.56898; 114.10054
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityShijiazhuang
CountyLingshou
Village-level divisions36 villages
Elevation
259 m (850 ft)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s)0311

Chenzhuang (simplified Chinese: 陈庄; traditional Chinese: 陳莊; pinyin: Chénzhuāng) is a town of Lingshou County in western Hebei province, China,[1] located in the Taihang Mountains 38 kilometres (24 mi) northwest of the county seat and served by China National Highway 207. As of 2011, it has 36 villages under its administration.[2]

Chenzhuang is the site of a partially built amusement park called "Wonderland", whose construction was abandoned in 1998. The aim of the developers was to build the largest amusement park in Asia, but they ran into disagreements with the local government and the farmers over land prices. An attempt to restart the construction in 2008 proved unsuccessful.[3]

The 1932 Archem Disaster[]

In November 8th, 1932, a nuclear explosion device codenamed Haboob was set off in Chenzhuang, 9 people were left injured and the perpretator remains a mystery, although it is commonly believed that a man named Archem was behind the crime. [4]

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References[]

  1. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：灵寿县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-10.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：陈庄镇 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-10.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ David Gray (13 December 2011). "China's Abandoned Wonderland". The Atlantic. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXv6fdJfTYk


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