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Baishan

Baishan
白山市
Prefecture-level city
Baishan Railway Station
Baishan Railway Station
Baishan (red) in Jilin (orange)
Baishan (red) in Jilin (orange)
Baishan is located in Jilin
Baishan
Baishan
Location in Jilin
Coordinates: 41°56′N 126°25′E / 41.933°N 126.417°E / 41.933; 126.417Coordinates: 41°56′N 126°25′E / 41.933°N 126.417°E / 41.933; 126.417
Country People's Republic of China
Province Jilin
County-level divisions 6
Incorporated (city) 8 September 1986
Renamed 31 January 1994
Government
 • Type Prefecture-level city
 • CPC Baishan Secretary Li Wei (李伟)
 • Mayor Peng Yonglin 彭永林
Area
 • Total 17,485 km2 (6,751 sq mi)
Elevation 471 m (1,545 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 1,296,575
 • Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 134300
Area code(s) 0439
Licence plates 吉F
ISO 3166-2 cn-22-06
Website http://bs.jl.gov.cn/

Baishan (Chinese: 白山; pinyin: Báishān) is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province of the People's Republic of China. "白山" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Changbai Mountain (Chinese: 长白山; pinyin: Chángbái Shān, also known as Paektu Mountain (Korean: 백두산)).

Baishan is to be granted the title of China International Mineral Water City. In Baishan is the Baishan Dam.

In 1902, Qing imperial government set up the Linjiang County in today's Baishan region. During the Manchukuo period, Linjiang county was under the jurisdiction of Tonghua. In March 1959, Jilin provincial government promoted Linjiang County to a county-level city and renamed it as Hunjiang City, which is still under the administration of Tonghua Prefecture. In 1985, Hunjiang City developed into a prefecture-level city, administerring three districts and three counties including Fusong, Jingyu and Changbai. The city was renamed to Baishan in April, 1994 with the approval of the State of Council.


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