| Pingdingshan 平顶山 Ying Cheng |
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| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| 平顶山市 | |
| Nickname(s): Eagle City | |
| Pingdingshan in Henan | |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Henan |
| Government | |
| • Secretary of Municipal Committee of the CPC | Deng Yongjian |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 7,882 km2 (3,043.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,200,000 |
| • Density | 659.7/km2 (1,708.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 467000 |
| Area code(s) | 375 |
| GDP | ¥5,656 per capita (2000) |
| Major Nationalities | Han, Hui |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Township-level divisions | 124 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫D |
| Website | http://www.pds.gov.cn |
Pingdingshan (simplified Chinese: 平顶山; traditional Chinese: 平頂山; pinyin: Píngdǐngshān; Postal map spelling: Pingtingshan), also known as the Eagle City, with approximately 5.2 million inhabitants is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, People's Republic of China.
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It 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.
Pingdingshan was founded in 1957. In Chinese, Pingdingshan means a flat mountain; people named Pingdingshan as the city's name because there is a very flat mountain located near the city. The reason for the Eagle City can be traced back to two thousand years ago during the Spring and Autumn Annals. There was a small royal country named Ying that lived around Pingdingshan. While in ancient time, the word "Ying" means Eagle, therefore people also call Pingdingshan as the Eagle City.
The prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
Pingdingshan, People's Republic of China is twinned with:
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 [3].
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