Siping 四平市 | |
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 Siping martyr cenotaph, in Siping | |
.png) Location of Siping City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China | |
  Siping Location of the city centre in Jilin | |
| Coordinates (Siping municipal government):43°10′00″N124°21′02″E / 43.1668°N 124.3506°E /43.1668; 124.3506 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Siping Secretary | Han Fuchun |
| • Mayor | Guo Lingji |
| Area | |
| 14,323 km2 (5,530 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017)[1] | 118.11 km2 (45.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| 1,814,733 | |
| • Density | 126.70/km2 (328.15/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 627,957 |
| • Urban density | 5,316.7/km2 (13,770/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 627,957 |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 123.3 billion US$ 19.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 37,685 US$ 6,051 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 136000 |
| Area code | 0434 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JL-03 |
| License Plate Prefix | 吉C |
| MajorNationalities | Han: 91.6% |
| Website | siping |
Siping (Chinese:四平;pinyin:Sìpíng), formerlySipingjie (Chinese:四平街;pinyin:Sìpíngjiē;Wade–Giles:Ssupingchieh), is aprefecture-level city in the west ofJilin province,People's Republic of China. It has a total population of 1,814,733 inhabitants, as of the 2020 census. Siping covers an area of 14,323 km2 (5,530 sq mi) and is located in the middle of theSongliao Plain, near the border withLiaoning andInner Mongolia provinces.
Siping's history can be stretched to 3,000 years ago during theShang dynasty. TheKingdom of Yan Ruins indicate that theHan Chinese People started moving into Northeast region of China during theSpring and Autumn period. Ancient ethnic tribes such as theFuyu, theGoguryeo, theKhitans, theJurchen, theMongols, theManchus, andKoreans have left behind cultural artifacts, including Hanzhou, Xinzhou, and the Yehe Tribe Cultural Artifacts.
Yehe Town in Siping is also the hometown of two empresses of theQing dynasty,Empress Dowager Cixi andEmpress Dowager Longyu.[4]
However, Siping was a place of little importance until the completion of the railway betweenChangchun and the port ofDalian in 1902. With a rapidly growing population, Siping became a regional commercial center. After 1907, Siping's economy experienced steady growth under the administration of theSouth Manchuria Railway Company. The construction of a railway linked toBaicheng in northwestern Jilin Province was completed in 1923, while a railway running south toTonghua and toKorean Peninsula was built in 1939. A new town was built after 1921, going by the name Ssupingkai. After 1932, under theJapanese invasion of Manchuria, some agriculture-based industry including brewing, oil pressing and flour milling grew up. In the latter part ofWorld War II, the Japanese completed a project in the construction of a refinery for the production of synthetic petroleum from coal.
Siping was the site of several major battles during theChinese Civil War between the Chinese Communist and Nationalist forces from 1945 to 1949.[5] After the war, Siping was virtually destroyed.[6]
Siping grew rapidly after the Communist government was established in 1949, being the third largest city in Jilin Province.
Siping is located in the transition between plains and hilly terrain, with hills to the southeast and theSongliao Plain to the northwest. The city has a four-season, monsoon-influenced,humid continental climate (KöppenDwa). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, due to the influence of theSiberian anticyclone, with a January mean temperature of −13.2 °C (8.2 °F). Spring and fall are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are hot and humid, with a prevailing southeasterly wind due to the East Asian monsoon; July averages 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). Snow is usually light during the winter, and annual rainfall is heavily concentrated from June to August. The annual mean temperature is 7.12 °C (44.8 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 46% in July to 71% in January and February, there are 2,684 hours of bright sunshine annually, with autumn and winter being especially sunny.
| Climate data for Siping, elevation 180 m (590 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–2025) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 37.3 (99.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.1 (97.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.6 (18.3) | −2.3 (27.9) | 5.3 (41.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 14.7 (58.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | −5.3 (22.5) | 12.7 (55.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) | −8.0 (17.6) | −0.1 (31.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | −1.5 (29.3) | −10.4 (13.3) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.8 (0.0) | −13.2 (8.2) | −5.3 (22.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 11.2 (52.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −14.8 (5.4) | 2.3 (36.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.3 (−26.1) | −29.3 (−20.7) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −9.5 (14.9) | −1.3 (29.7) | 5.0 (41.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.9 (28.6) | −13.2 (8.2) | −21.8 (−7.2) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −32.3 (−26.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 5.2 (0.20) | 6.3 (0.25) | 14.1 (0.56) | 24.5 (0.96) | 58.9 (2.32) | 90.8 (3.57) | 140.1 (5.52) | 163.1 (6.42) | 47.7 (1.88) | 29.2 (1.15) | 17.8 (0.70) | 8.1 (0.32) | 605.8 (23.85) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 9.9 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 91.8 |
| Average snowy days | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 31.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 66 | 58 | 52 | 46 | 51 | 64 | 77 | 79 | 69 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 197.8 | 210.8 | 244.8 | 235.7 | 253.3 | 219.8 | 193.0 | 202.4 | 234.3 | 213.3 | 176.3 | 175.6 | 2,557.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 68 | 70 | 66 | 58 | 56 | 48 | 42 | 47 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 63 | 59 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Siping prefecture includes two districts, two counties and two county-level cities. Four commodity grain bases in Jinlin Province, namely Lishu County, Yitong Manchu Autonomous County, and Shuangliao City, are under the administration of Siping. Gongzhuling City is under the administration of Jilin Province. Siping recorded a population of 1,814,733 in the 2020 census.
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| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2013 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Tiexi District | 铁西区 | Tiěxī Qū | 270,000 | 162 | 1,721 |
| Tiedong District | 铁东区 | Tiědōng Qū | 370,000 | 945 | 354 |
| Shuangliao City | 双辽市 | Shuāngliáo Shì | 410,000 | 3,121 | 135 |
| Lishu County | 梨树县 | Líshù Xiàn | 790,000 | 3,545 | 221 |
| Yitong Manchu Autonomous County | 伊通满族自治县 | Yītōng Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn | 470,000 | 2,523 | 188 |
Siping has GDP of RMB 1266.3 billion Yuan in 2015, representing a rise of 6.4% year on year.[10] The city's GDP ranked fourth in Jilin Province (2010). Agricultural products processing, electricity and thermal power, pharmaceutical, and chemicals are the pillar industries. Private economy is also a major contributor of the industrial sector.
Siping is a transportation hub in Jilin Province. TheQiqihar-Siping, Siping-Meihekou andBeijing–Harbin railwaysThe city is served by both theSiping Railway Station andSiping East Railway Station (IATA:OSQ). The Harbin-Beijing Highspeed Railway also run through the Siping East Railway Station. The new airport will be completed in 2030.
With the Highway, the city run through Beijing-Harbin highway, JiTong highway, Daqiang-Guangzhou Highway, Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway, ChangYing highway, TieChao highway (Beijing-Siping highway), Yi Liao Expressway and Changchun-Liaoyuan highway. The city of Siping also has a ring first grade highway, which is connected to the 102 National Road and 303 National Road in the four directions.
Siping is 550 kilometers away from Dalian international shipping center. It is one hour away from Changchun Longjia Airport and Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. The Siping local dual-use airport is about to open domestic flights.
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