Siping, Jilin

Siping
四平市
Siping martyr cenotaph, in Siping
Siping martyr cenotaph, in Siping
Location of Siping City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Location of Siping City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Siping is located in Jilin
Siping
Siping
Location of the city centre in Jilin
Coordinates (Siping municipal government): 43°10′00″N 124°21′02″E / 43.1668°N 124.3506°E / 43.1668; 124.3506
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
County-level divisions7
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Siping SecretaryHan Fuchun
 • MayorGuo Lingji
Area
14,323 km2 (5,530 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
118.11 km2 (45.60 sq mi)
Elevation
164 m (538 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
1,814,733
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Urban
627,957
 • Urban density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
627,957
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 123.3 billion
US$ 19.8 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 37,685
US$ 6,051
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
136000
Area code0434
ISO 3166 codeCN-JL-03
License Plate Prefix吉C
Major NationalitiesHan: 91.6%
Websitesiping.gov.cn

Siping (Chinese: 四平; pinyin: Sìpíng), formerly Sipingjie (Chinese: 四平街; pinyin: Sìpíngjiē; Wade–Giles: Ssupingchieh), is a prefecture-level city in the west of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It has a total population of 1,814,733 inhabitants, as of the 2020 census. Siping covers an area of 14,323 km2 (5,530 sq mi) and is located in the middle of the Songliao Plain, near the border with Liaoning and Inner Mongolia provinces.

  1. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "China: Jílín (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ 吉林省统计局、国家统计局吉林调查总队 (September 2016). 《吉林统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7899-5. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.