Pingdingshan


Pingdingshan, also known as the eagle city, is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 1,756,333 lived in the built-up or metropolitan area including Ye county.

Geography

Pingdingshan 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.

History

Pingdingshan was founded in 1957. In Chinese, Pingdingshan means “mountain with a flat top”. The city is named after a nearby plateau, the top of which is very flat. The reason for the nickname of the city "Eagle City" can be traced back to two thousand years ago during the "Spring and Autumn Annals". There was a small country royal named Ying who lived in Pingdingshan area. In ancient times, the word "Ying" had the same pronunciation as Eagle in Chinese, therefore people also called Pingdingshan "Eagle City".

Mayors

From 2003.08 to 2005.04 Wang Zhaoping was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.
From 2005.04 to 2008.03 Zhao Qinglin was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.
From 2008.03 to 2010.10 Li Endong was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.
From 2010.10 to 2013.04 Chen Jiansheng was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.
From 2013.04 to now Zhang Guowei was the Mayor of Pingdingshan.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Pingdingshan administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.
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Colleges and universities

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, an economic profile of the top 20 emerging cities in China.

Tourism