Shuangyashan

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Location of Shuangyashan in China

Shuangyashan (Chinese simplified : 双鸭山 市, traditional : 雙鴨山 市, pinyin : Shuāngyāshān Shì, literally City of the Duck Mountains ) is a Chinese district-free city in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang . The name refers to two peaks northeast of the city.

Geography and demography

Shuangyashan is about 100 km south of the Russian border. The district-free city consists of four city districts and four districts. It has a total area of ​​26,483 km². The 2010 census counted 1,462,626 inhabitants (population density 55.23 inh / km²). At the end of 2015, the population was estimated at 1,459,000.

Administrative structure

Location of Shuangyashan in Heilongjiang
Village in Shuangyashan

At the county level, Shuangyashan is made up of four municipalities and four counties. These are:

  • Jianshan District (尖山 区), 118 km², 210,000 inhabitants;
  • District Lingdong (岭东区), 908 km², 90,000 inhabitants;
  • Sifangtai District (四方 台 区), 169 km², 70,000 inhabitants;
  • Baoshan District (宝山 区), 572 km², 130,000 inhabitants;
  • Jixian district (集贤县), 2,860 km², 310,000 inhabitants, main town: Fuli municipality (福利 镇);
  • Youyi district (友谊 县), 1,800 km², 120,000 inhabitants, capital: Youyi municipality (友谊 镇);
  • Baoqing district (宝清县), 13,443 km², 420,000 inhabitants, main town: Baoqing municipality (宝清 镇);
  • District Raohe (饶河县), 6,613 km², 140,000 inhabitants, main town: large municipality Raohe (饶河 镇).

Ethnic breakdown of the population of Shuangyashan (2000)

Name of the people Residents proportion of
Han 1,392,863 96.17%
Manchu 37,940 2.62%
Korean 6,440 0.45%
Hui 5,071 0.35%
Mongols 3,072 0.21%
Miao 650 0.05%
Hezhen 596 0.04%
Zhuang 347 0.02%
Xibe 220 0.02%
Dong 197 0.01%
Tujia 194 0.01%
Yi 185 0.01%
Bouyei 179 0.01%
Others 395 0.03%

economy

Shuangyashan is a center of coal mining , but steel is also produced there. The area around Shuangyashan was very sparsely populated until coal was discovered in 1914, and since 1928 coal reserves have been mined on a large scale.

traffic

A railway line connects Shuangyashan with Jiamusi .

Culture

Very close to Shuangyashan there is a tiger sanctuary and a large number of historically significant places from the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945).

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Shuangyashan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 38 '  N , 131 ° 9'  E