What is the population of Xingcheng?

517,624 people. Xingcheng City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province and is managed by Huludao City. It is located in the southwest of Liaoning Province and the east of Huludao City. It is located in the middle of the Western Liaoning Corridor. It has a warm temperate semi-humid continental climate and is adjacent to 4 counties and districts. The total area is 2113 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Xingcheng has jurisdiction over 5 streets, 7 towns (including 4 ethnic towns), 12 ethnic townships, and 1 township-level unit. As of the end of 2022, the total registered population in Xingcheng City is 517,624, and the urban population is 144,294. Xingcheng, which means a prosperous city, originated from the Liao Dynasty. According to "History of the Liao Geography", in the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Liao (990), Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty moved immigrants from Xingzhou to Taohua Island to build a city and establish a county, so it was called Xingcheng County. In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), it was renamed Ningyuan County; in January the third year of the Republic of China (1914), it was renamed Xingcheng County; on October 1, 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was affiliated to Liaoxi Province, and later It was changed to belong to Liaoning Province; in December 1986, with the approval of the State Council, Xingcheng County was abolished and Xingcheng City (county level) was established, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province and later managed by Huludao City.