Diaobingshan

Diaobingshan (simplified Chinese: 调兵山; traditional Chinese: 調兵山; pinyin: Diàobīngshān) is a city in the northeast of Liaoning province in Northeast China. It is under the administration of Tieling City, which lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southeast. In 2020 the population was 206,058.^[1]

Diaobingshan 调兵山市
County-level city
Location in Tieling
Diaobingshan Location in Liaoning
Coordinates: 42°28′N 123°34′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Liaoning
Prefecture-level city	Tieling
Area
• Total	262.7 km2 (101.4 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	206,058
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.lndbss.gov.cn

The city was established as Tiefa City (Chinese: 铁法市; pinyin: Tiěfǎ shì), a compound name of nearby Tieling City and Faku County,^[2] in 1982 as a coal production base. In 2002 it was renamed to Diaobingshan, which is the name of a mountain west of the city. Diaobingshan, which can be translated as 'troops dispatching mountain' is named for troop movements during the Jin dynasty being dispatched from here.^[3]

Administrative divisions

There are seven towns under the city's administration.^[4]

Towns:

• Bingshan (兵山镇)
• Daming (大明镇)
• Gushanzi (孤山子镇)
• Tiefa (铁法镇)
• Xiaoming (晓明镇)
• Xiaonan (晓南镇)
• Xiaoqing (小青镇)