Baishan

Baishan
白山市
Fusong Ski resort
Baishan Panoramio
Baishan Railway Station
Location of Baishan City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Location of Baishan City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) and China
Baishan is located in Jilin
Baishan
Baishan
Location of the city center in Jilin
Coordinates (Baishan municipal government): 41°56′38″N 126°24′53″E / 41.9440°N 126.4147°E / 41.9440; 126.4147
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
County-level divisions6
Incorporated (city)8 September 1986
Renamed31 January 1994
Municipal seatHunjiang District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Baishan SecretaryLi Wei (李伟)
 • MayorPeng Yonglin (彭永林)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city17,485 km2 (6,751 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
388.11 km2 (149.85 sq mi)
Elevation
471 m (1,545 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Prefecture-level city1,296,575
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
402,600
 • Urban density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
GDP[2]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 66.9 billion
US$ 10.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 53,137
US$ 8,531
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
134300
Area code0439
ISO 3166 codeCN-JL-06
Licence plates吉F
Websitebs.jl.gov.cn

Baishan (Chinese: 白山; pinyin: Báishān), is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin province, in the Dongbei (northeastern) part of China. "白山" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Changbai Mountain (Chinese: 长白山; pinyin: Chángbái Shān). Baishan borders Yanbian to the east, Tonghua to the southwest, Jilin City to the north, and North Korea to the south.

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

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 吉林省统计局、国家统计局吉林调查总队 (September 2016). 《吉林统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7899-5. Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

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