Songyuan
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Songyuan 松原市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
 Songyuan (red) in Jilin (orange) |
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 Songyuan
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| Coordinates: 45°09′N 124°50′E / 45.150°N 124.833°ECoordinates: 45°09′N 124°50′E / 45.150°N 124.833°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Jilin |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1992.6.6 |
| City seat | Ningjiang District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Songyuan Secretary | Wang Changsong (王常松) |
| • Mayor | Li Xiangguo (李相国) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22,034 km2 (8,507 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 133 m (436 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,881,082 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 138000 |
| Area code(s) | 0438 |
| Licence plates | 吉J |
| ISO 3166-2 | cn-22-07 |
| Website | jlsy |
Songyuan (Chinese: 松原; pinyin: Sōngyuán) is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, China.
Even though the present city of Songyuan is predominantly modern in appearance, the area has a long history dating back to the Neolithic age. The city was part of the ancient Buyeo Kingdom 2000 years ago, as well as Balhae 1000 years ago.
During much of the Qing era, an important military and administrative center, known as Boduna (伯都納) was located in the Songyuan area, on the right bank of the Sungari (Songhua) River, in what is today the Ninjiang District of the city. The name was transcribed by the Europeans as Bodune, Po-tu-no, or Petuna. The Boduna fortress was originally constructed in 1693, some 25 li (15 km) east of today's Songyuan central city area. In the late Qing, the administrative center moved to Xincheng (新城, "New city") - the name still preserved by the Xincheng Township of the Ninjiang District, in the part of the Songyan's central urbank area on the right bank of the Sungari. As of the early 20th century Xincheng was the capital of a prefecture within the then Jilin Province, and had the population of around 30,000.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Sun Yat-sen proposed building a transportation hub where the Songhua River and the Nen River meet, which materialized as the current city of Songyuan. Authorized by the national government, Songyuan was founded as a prefecture-level city in 1992. Since then it has undergone rapid modernization, thanks in part to the area's profitable oil companies.
In 2007, it was chosen to be one of the cities for the 2008 Olympic torch relay, and was the first relay stop of the province, on which occasion more than 300 media companies, domestic and international, reported on the city. In the same year, the National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy named a meteor after Songyuan, an honor bestowed only on eight cities in the nation.
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