Pingdingshan

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Pingdingshan
平顶山
Ying Cheng
—  Prefecture-level city  —
平顶山市
Nickname(s): Eagle City
Pingdingshan in Henan
Pingdingshan is located in China
Pingdingshan
Location in China
Coordinates: 33°44′N 113°18′E / 33.733°N 113.3°E / 33.733; 113.3Coordinates: 33°44′N 113°18′E / 33.733°N 113.3°E / 33.733; 113.3
Country China
Province Henan
Government
 • Secretary of Municipal Committee of the CPC Deng Yongjian
 • Mayor
Area
 • Total 7,882 km2 (3,043.3 sq mi)
Population (2000)
 • Total 5,200,000
 • Density 659.7/km2 (1,708.7/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 467000
Area code(s) 375
GDP ¥5,656 per capita (2000)
Major Nationalities Han, Hui
County-level divisions 10
Township-level divisions 124
License plate prefixes 豫D
Website http://www.pds.gov.cn

Pingdingshan (simplified Chinese: 平顶山; traditional Chinese: 平頂山; pinyin: Píngdǐngshān; Postal map spelling: Pingtingshan), also known as the Eagle City, with approximately 5.2 million inhabitants is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, People's Republic of China.

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[edit] Geography

It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the north, Xuchang and Luohe to the east, Zhumadian to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, and Luoyang to the west.

[edit] History

Pingdingshan was founded in 1957. In Chinese, Pingdingshan means a flat mountain; people named Pingdingshan as the city's name because there is a very flat mountain located near the city. The reason for the Eagle City can be traced back to two thousand years ago during the Spring and Autumn Annals. There was a small royal country named Ying that lived around Pingdingshan. While in ancient time, the word "Ying" means Eagle, therefore people also call Pingdingshan as the Eagle City.

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.

  • Xinhua District (新华区) Area: 157 km2，Population: 360 thousand, Post code: 467002
  • Weidong District (卫东区) Area: 103 km2，Population: 290 thousand, Post code: 467021
  • Zhanhe District (湛河区) Area: 124 km2，Population: 220 thousand, Post code: 467000
  • Shilong District (石龙区) Area: 35 km2，Population: 60 thousand, Post code: 467045
  • Ruzhou City (汝州市) Area: 1573 km2，Population: 960 thousand, Post code: 467500
  • Wugang City (舞钢市) Area: 640 km2，Population: 310 thousand, Post code: 462500
  • Lushan County (鲁山县) Area: 2406 km2，Population: 830 thousand, Post code: 467002
  • Baofeng County (宝丰县) Area: 722 km2，Population: 480 thousand, Post code: 467400
  • Ye County (叶县) Area: 1387 km2，Population: 820 thousand, Post code: 467200
  • Jia County (郏县) Area: 727 km2，Population: 560 thousand, Post code: 467100

[edit] Colleges and universities

[edit] High schools

[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities

Pingdingshan, People's Republic of China is twinned with:

[edit] Economy

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Pingdingshan has been identified by the Economist Intelligence Unit in the November 2010 Access China White Paper as a member of the CHAMPS (Chongqing, Hefei, Anshan, Maanshan, Pingdingshan and Shenyang), an economic profile of the top 20 emerging cities in China [3].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.hncj.edu.cn/
  2. ^ "Sister city relationship Syzran" (in ru). http://www.adm.samara.ru/oblast/oblast_pobratimsk_svjzi/. 
  3. ^ THE RISE OF THE ‘CHAMPS’ - NEW REPORT MAPS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN CHINA’S FASTEST GROWING CITIES

[edit] External links

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