Get to know Haizhou District
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- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Fuxin
- Chinese name
- 海州区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 66.81 km²
- Population · 2020 census
- 234,029
- Administrative seat
- Xishan Subdistrict
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
History
Haizhou began as the centre of Fuxin's planned city. Under Manchukuo, the planners picked Haizhou Temple village (海州庙村), 9 kilometres west of the old Fuxin county town, as the centre of the new city. When Fuxin officially became a city on 1 January 1940, Fuxin Jie (阜新街) was renamed Haizhou District, and the city administration moved to Haizhou at the end of that year.
Setting and landscape
The district has a northern-temperate continental monsoon climate. The district government lists coal and coal gangue, the rock left over from coal mining, among its main resources. Besides six urban subdistricts, it includes the town of Hanjiadian (韩家店镇).
What to see
In its 2026 work report the district government records Manchu embroidery (满族刺绣) as newly approved for the provincial intangible cultural heritage list, and the old buildings of Xishan (西山古建筑) as nominated for provincial protection. The same report notes that the Pingan Coal Mine workers' club (平安煤矿职工俱乐部) was recognised by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the fourth batch of national industrial heritage. The Haizhou Open-pit Mine (海州露天矿), which shares the district's name, lies in neighbouring Taiping District; Chinese Wikipedia records it as once the largest open-pit coal mine in Asia. It closed in June 2005 and opened as a national mine park in 2009.
Sources for this guide
阜新海州 · Haizhou District People's Government, Fuxin
2026年海州区政府工作报告 · Haizhou District People's Government, Fuxin
阜新市 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
海州露天矿 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-25.
Explore Haizhou District
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Haizhou District 海州区
Plan your visit
Getting there
Haizhou District is about 15 km in a straight line from central Fuxin. Search for 海州区 in a map app to find stations and your accommodation.
Where to stay →More in Fuxin
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Some facts checked against 阜新市 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Some facts checked against 海州露天矿 — Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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