Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan
平顶山 Ying Cheng | |
|---|---|
| 平顶山市 | |
| Nickname: Eagle City | |
 Pingdingshan in Henan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Henan |
| Government | |
| • Secretary of Municipal Committee of the CPC | Deng Yongjian |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,882 km2 (3,043 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 5,200,000 |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 467000 |
| Area code | 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.
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.
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.
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
Colleges and universities
High schools
- Pingdingshan No.1 Middle School
- Pingdingshan No.1 High School
- Pingdingshan No.2 Middle School
- Pingdingshan No.8 Middle School
- Pingdingshan Experimental High School
Twin towns — Sister cities
Pingdingshan, People's Republic of China is twinned with:
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].
See also
References
- ^ http://www.hncj.edu.cn/
- ^
"Sister city relationship Syzran" (in Russian).
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