Monday, October 13, 2008

Yutian County, Hebei

Yutian County is a county within the Hebei province, China, and is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tangshan. It locates approximately 55 kilometers northwest of Tangshan and 110 kilometers east of Beijing. It has an area of 1,165 km? and a population of 650,000.

There is another Yutian county in China, but belonging to the autonomous region of Xinjiang. On March 21 2008 a earthquake with a 7.2 magnitude was registred in the remote region in the Kunlun Mountains.

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