Siping
Siping ( Chinese 四平 市 , Pinyin Sìpíng Shì ) is a prefecture -level city in the western part of northeast China 's Jilin Province . Siping is the seat of an Apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Geography, administrative structure
The city of Siping has a total of around 3.3 million inhabitants, of which around 582,000 are in the city center, the city districts of Tiexi and Tiedong (2005). The total area is 14,356 km², the area of the two city districts covers 741 km². The annual rainfall is 600 mm, the average temperature 4.6 ° C. The mean temperature in January is −16.5 ° C, that in July 23 ° C.
The district-free city is formed at the district level from two city districts, two independent cities, a district and an autonomous district:
- the city district of Tiexi (铁西 区 / 鐵西 區): 169 km², approx. 270,000 inhabitants (2005);
- the municipality of Tiedong (铁东区 / 鐵東區): 572 km², approx. 312,000 inhabitants (2005);
- the city of Shuangliao (双辽 市 / 雙遼 市): 3,121 km², approx. 400,000 inhabitants (2002);
- the city of Gongzhuling (公主岭 市 / 公主嶺 市): 4,060 km², approx. 1,040,000 inhabitants (2002);
- the circle Lishu (梨树县/梨樹縣): Main: greater community Lishu (梨树镇), 3,911 km², about 840,000 inhabitants (2002);
- Yitong Autonomous County of Manchu (伊 通 满族 自治县 / 伊 通 滿族 自治縣): Main town: Yitong Municipality (伊 通 镇), 2,523 km², approx. 460,000 inhabitants (2002).
Ethnic breakdown of the population of Siping (2000)
Siping has an area of 14,356 km². The 2000 census counted 3,292,326 inhabitants (population density 229.33 inh / km²).
| Name of the people | Residents | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Han | 3,016,735 | 91.63% |
| Manchu | 239,327 | 7.27% |
| Mongols | 13,160 | 0.4% |
| Hui | 12,249 | 0.37% |
| Korean | 8,275 | 0.25% |
| Others | 2,580 | 0.08% |
Railway accident of 1933
On March 17, 1933, a serious railway accident occurred near Siping (then: Ssupingkai ) : a passenger train had to stop due to a track warping . A freight train hit him. 50 people died and 70 were also injured.
Daughters and sons of the city
- Martha Miyake (* 1933) Japanese jazz singer
- Li Hongbo李洪波 (* 1974) artist
- Zhang Yangyang张 杨杨 (* 1989) rower
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 87.
Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ' N , 124 ° 22' E