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Yangdachengzi (simplified Chinese:杨大城子;traditional Chinese:楊大城子;pinyin:Yángdàchéngzǐ) is atown in westernJilin province of Northeast China. It is under the administration ofGongzhuling and is more than 70 kilometres (43 mi) west ofChangchun, the provincial capital.
Yangdachengzi is on the common border of three county-level divisions, which are Gongzhuling,Shuangliao andChangling County. The town has a total area of 251 square kilometres (97 sq mi), with a town district area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi). As of 2008, it had a total population of 53,000, while the number of town district residents is 12,000.[1]
According to thecounty annals of Huaide, the town began to form at about 300 years ago during the earlyQing dynasty, and it has the longest commercial history in west area of Jilin province. Yangdachengzi began to build its city wall whenGuangxu emperor was on his throne. After that, it became the county town of Huaide during the civil war from 1946 to 1949. It was thetaoism center of west Jilin inChiang Kai-shek-administrative period. The Foguang temple located in Yangdachengzi is one of the biggestbuddhist temples in the area ofSiping prefecture-level city.
The administrative structure of Yangdachengzi contains 1 subdistrict office and 21 villages:[2]
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