Pingdingshan

Pingdingshan (Chinese: 平顶山), also known as the eagle city, is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,756,333 lived in the built-up or metropolitan area including Ye county.[1]

This article is about the city in Henan. For the village in Liaoning, see Pingdingshan (village).

Pingdingshan 平顶山市 Pingtingshan
Prefecture-level city
Nickname(s):  Eagle City
Pingdingshan in Henan
Pingdingshan Location on the North China Plain Show map of North China Plain Pingdingshan Pingdingshan (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Pingdingshan CPPCC): 33°44′12″N 113°17′47″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Municipal seat	Xinhua District
Government
• Secretary of Municipal Committee of the CPC	Deng Yongjian
Area
• Prefecture-level city	7,848 km^2 (3,030 sq mi)
• Urban	384 km^2 (148 sq mi)
• Metro	1,771 km^2 (684 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	4,904,701
• Density	620/km^2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Urban	979,130
• Urban density	2,500/km^2 (6,600/sq mi)
• Metro	1,756,333
• Metro density	990/km^2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	467000
Area code(s)	0375
ISO 3166 code	CN-HA-04
GDP	¥25.345 billion (2014)
Major Nationalities	Han, Hui
County-level divisions	10
Township-level divisions	124
License plate prefixes	豫D
Website	www.pds.gov.cn

Pingdingshan
Simplified Chinese	平顶山
Traditional Chinese	平頂山
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Píngdǐngshān

Geography

Pingdingshan 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 “mountain with a flat top”. The city is named after a nearby plateau, the top of which is very flat. The reason for the nickname of the city "Eagle City" can be traced back to two thousand years ago during the "Spring and Autumn Annals". There was a small country royal named Ying who lived in Pingdingshan area. In ancient times, the word "Ying" had the same pronunciation as Eagle in Chinese, therefore people also called Pingdingshan "Eagle City".

Mayors

From 2003.08 to 2005.04 Wang Zhaoping was the Mayor of Pingdingshan. From 2005.04 to 2008.03 Zhao Qinglin was the Mayor of Pingdingshan. From 2008.03 to 2010.10 Li Endong was the Mayor of Pingdingshan. From 2010.10 to 2013.04 Chen Jiansheng was the Mayor of Pingdingshan. From 2013.04 to now Zhang Guowei was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.

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 or 61 sq mi, Population: 389,866, Post code: 467002
• Weidong District (卫东区) Area: 103 km² or 40 sq mi, Population: 302,603, Post code: 467021
• Zhanhe District (湛河区) Area: 124 km² or 48 sq mi, Population: 286,661, Post code: 467000
• Shilong District (石龙区) Area: 35 km² or 14 sq mi, Population: 54,912, Post code: 467045
• Ruzhou City (汝州市) Area: 1,573 km² or 607 sq mi, Population: 927,934, Post code: 467500
• Wugang City (舞钢市) Area: 640 km² or 250 sq mi, Population: 313,828, Post code: 462500
• Lushan County (鲁山县) Area: 2,406 km² or 929 sq mi, Population: 789,901, Post code: 467002
• Baofeng County (宝丰县) Area: 722 km² or 279 sq mi, Population: 490,269, Post code: 467400
• Ye County (叶县) Area: 1,387 km² or 536 sq mi, Population: 777,203, Post code: 467200
• Jia County (郏县) Area: 727 km² or 281 sq mi, Population: 571,524, Post code: 467100

Map
Xinhua Weidong Shilong Zhanhe Baofeng County Ye County Lushan County Jia County Wugang (city) Ruzhou (city)

Colleges and universities

• Pingdingshan University
• Pingdingshan Institute of Technology[2]

High schools

• Pingdingshan No.1 Middle School
• Pingdingshan No.1 High School
• Pingdingshan No.2 Middle School
• Pingdingshan No.2 High School
• Pingdingshan No.3 High School
• Pingdingshan No.8 Middle School
• Pingdingshan Experimental High School
• Lushan No. 1 Middle School

Resources

• Mineral Resources: Pingdingshan has extensive mineral resources such as coal, manganese, salt, iron, aluminum, fluorite, gypsum, etc.
• 10.3 billion tons of coal reserves, the largest coalfield area in the South and East of China; well known as "the coal storage of the central area of China".
• 230 billion tons of salt reserves, ranking first in Henan Province, second in China.
• Henan province houses some of the biggest limestone reserves in China estimated over 24 billion tons, Pindingshan is the cement center for limestone mine production and quarrying in the province.[3]
• Pingdingshan is very rich in water resources compared to other inland cities. It has Baiguishan Reservoir, Zhaopingtai Reservoir, Yanshan Reservoir, Shimantan Reservoir and Gushitan Reservoir.

Twin towns — sister cities

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

• Syzran, Samara Oblast, Russia (11/28/2000)[4]

Economy

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.[5]

Tourism

• Pingdingshan thrush Valley A National "AAA" rated scenic spot and a major tourist attraction in Henan. It is named after the many thrushes breeding here. The scenic area is a total of 30 square kilometres (12 sq mi). There are numerous attractions such as cuckoo lake, an area known as "the pocket of the Three Gorges".
• Yaoshan A national "AAAA" rated scenic spot. Located nearby in Lushan County. Originally known as Yaoshan Shirenshan. Home to the Spring Temple Buddha, the largest statue in the world, built in 2002.

See also

• 2009 Henan mine disaster

References

1. "China: Administrative Division of Hénán / 河南省". Retrieved 28 May 2015.
2. 河南城建学院. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
3. "China Mineral Resources 2018" (PDF).
4. "Sister city relationship Syzran" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2010-09-25.
5. Grayling. "THE RISE OF THE 'CHAMPS' - NEW REPORT MAPS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN CHINA'S FASTEST GROWING CITIES". SourceWire. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

External links

• Pingdingshan Municipal People's Government (in Simplified Chinese)
• Pingdingshan Information Portal
• Pingdingshan News Network
• Pingdingshan Economic Network
• Tourism in Pingdingshan