Shuangyashan

Shuangyashan 双鸭山市
Prefecture-level city
New Year's Parade in February 2002
Shuangyashan (red) in Heilongjiang (orange)
Shuangyashan Location of the city centre in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 46°38′N 131°09′E / 46.633°N 131.150°E / 46.633; 131.150
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
County-level divisions	8
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CPC Shuangyashan Secretary	Li Xiangang (李显刚)
• Mayor	Wu Fengcheng (武凤呈)
Area
• Total	26,483 km2 (10,225 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,462,626
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	155000
Area code(s)	0469
Licence plates	黑J
ISO 3166-2	cn-23-05
Climate	Dwb

Shuangyashan
"Shuangyashan", as written in Chinese
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	双鸭山
Traditional Chinese	雙鴨山
Literal meaning	double duck mountain
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shuāngyāshān
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠵᡠᡵᡠ ᠨᡳᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᠠᠯᡳᠨ
Russian name
Russian	Шуанъяшань

Shuangyashan (Chinese: 双鸭山; 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 it had a GDP of RMB 20.6 billion with a 14.2% growth rate.

Shuangyashan was given its name in AD 1384 during the Ming Dynasty. However, few people lived in the area before coal was discovered there in 1914. In 1928 a major coal mining operation was established on the site and in 1946 the area was first designated a county. Shuangyashan was established as a special mining district in 1954 and officially designated a city by the CPC Central Committee and State Council in 1956.

Shuangyashan is rich in coal, magnetite and marble. The proven coal reserves in the city total 11 billion tons, ranking first out of 13 prefecture and prefecture-level cities in the province. The magnetite reserves in Shuangyashan exceed 120 million tons, ranking first in Heilongjiang Province.

The city has a cold temperate monsoon climate, with long, cold, windy winters. The average temperature in the city is about 3℃.

Shuangyashan is a major center for coal mining. The city also produces steel, lumber, chemicals, building materials, textiles, electric machinery, and food products. In 2010, Shuangyashan's GDP reached RMB 37.67 billion, featuring a growth of 25% from a year ago. The production output of steel and coal ranked the first and the second in Heilongjiang province. The region has attracted investments from large domestic companies such as Shandong Luneng Group and Jianlong Group. Tourism, retailing and wholesaling are also the pillars of the city's service sector.

More recently, the city has been feeling the effects of the coal downturn, with mining demand collapsing amidst a slowdown in China's economic growth.