Shuangyashan

Shuangyashan
双鸭山市
New Year's Parade in February 2002
New Year's Parade in February 2002
Location of Shuangyashan City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China
Location of Shuangyashan City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China
Shuangyashan is located in Heilongjiang
Shuangyashan
Shuangyashan
Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
Coordinates (Shuangyashan municipal government): 46°40′34″N 131°08′30″E / 46.6762°N 131.1416°E / 46.6762; 131.1416
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHeilongjiang
County-level divisions8
Municipal seatJianshan District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Shuangyashan SecretaryLi Xiangang (李显刚)
 • MayorWu Fengcheng (武凤呈)
Area
26,483 km2 (10,225 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
1,462,626
 • Urban
507,257
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 43.3 billion
US$ 7.0 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 29,235
US$ 4,694
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
155000
Area code0469
ISO 3166 codeCN-HL-05
Licence plates黑J
ClimateDwb
Shuangyashan
"Shuangyashan", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese双鸭山
Traditional Chinese雙鴨山
Literal meaningdouble duck mountain
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShuāngyāshān
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡧᡠᠸᠠᠩ ᠶᠠ ᡧᠠᠨ ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ
RomanizationJuru'niyehe'alin hoton
Russian name
RussianШуанъяшань

Shuangyashan (simplified Chinese: 双鸭山; traditional Chinese: 雙鴨山; pinyin: Shuāngyāshān) is a coal mining prefecture-level city located in the eastern part Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, bordering Russia's Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais to the east. The city's name means a pair-of-ducks mountains and refers to two peaks northeast of the city.[2] In 2007 the city had a GDP of RMB 20.6 billion with a 14.2% growth rate.

  1. ^ 2010年黑龙江省第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Heilongjiang Bureau of Statistics (黑龙江省统计局). Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ^ 双鸭山城市介绍. jiaodong.net. 2008-09-15.