Xialuhe Korean Ethnic Township
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Coordinates (Xialuhe Township government): 40°53′35″N 125°30′53″E / 40.8931°N 125.5147°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Liaoning |
Prefecture-level city | Dandong |
Autonomous county | Kuandian |
Area | |
• Total | 269.84 km2 (104.19 sq mi) |
Population (2018)
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• Total | 10,887 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Xialuhe Korean Ethnic Township ( simplified Chinese: 下露河朝鲜族乡; traditional Chinese: 下露河朝鮮族鄉; pinyin: Xiàlùhé Cháoxiǎnzú Xiāng), also known as Haroha Korean Ethnic Township ( Korean: 하로하조선족향; Hanja: 下露河朝鮮族鄕; RR: Haroha Joseonjok Hyang; MR: Haroha Chosŏnjok Hyang), [2] is an ethnic township in Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Dandong, Liaoning Province, China. [3] Located 63.8 kilometres (39.6 mi) east of the county center, [3] the township spans an area of 269.84 square kilometres (104.19 sq mi), [1] and is home to 10,887 people as of 2018. [1]
Throughout the 1920s on through the 1940s, the area of present-day Xialuhe was a hotbed of Korean independence armies, who often sparred with occupying Japanese forces. [4]
In 1958, Xialuhe Township was created. [3] [2] Xialuhe was re-designated from a township to an ethnic township in 1987. [3]
Xialuhe is divided into 6 administrative villages. [5]
Xialuhe Korean Ethnic Township has a population of 10,887 as of 2018. [1]
As of 2010, the ethnic township had a population of 10,370, of which there are 5,371 males and 4,999 females. [6] That year, there were 1,327 people aged 14 and under, 7,941 people aged 15 to 64, and 1,102 people aged 65 and up. [6]
A 2009 estimate placed Xialuhe's population at about 11,200. [4]
As of 2007, there were approximately 1,100 ethnic Koreans living in Xialuhe, [2] however, Xialuhe's ethnic Korean population has declined in recent years, [4] largely due to low birth rates, migration to urban areas, and emigration to South Korea. [4] By the 2010s, a local Korean language newspaper reported that many schoolchildren in Xialuhe cannot speak Korean. [4]
Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, a number of bilingual schools teaching in both Mandarin Chinese and Korean have been established in Xialuhe. [4] However, due to the decline in the local ethnic Korean population, a number of these schools have been closed or merged in recent years. [4]