Shuangyashan

Shuangyashan
双鸭山市
New Year's Parade in February 2002
Location of Shuangyashan City (yellow) in Heilongjiang (light grey) and China
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)
1,462,626
  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
ᠵᡠᡵᡠ ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᠨ ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ
RomanizationShuwang'ya'shan hoton/Juru'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. In 2007 the city had a GDP of RMB 20.6 billion with a 14.2% growth rate.