Pingdingshan

**Pingdingshan** (; Postal cairt spellin: Pingtingshan), kent as the Eagle Ceity an aw, wi approximately 5.2 million indwallers is a prefectur-level ceity in central Henan province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae.

## Geografie
It borders the provincial caipital o Zhengzhou tae the north, Xuchang an Luohe tae the east, Zhumadian tae the sootheast, Nanyang tae the sooth, an Luoyang tae the wast.

## History
Pingdingshan wis foondit in 1957. In Cheenese, Pingdingshan means 'flat muntain'; The ceity is named efter a nearby plateau which haes a very flat tap. The reason for the ceity's "Eagle Ceity" nickname can be traced back tae twa thoosand years ago durin the Ware an Hairst Annals. Thare wis a smaa kintra ryal named Ying that lived aroond Pingdingshan. In auncient times, the wird "Ying" meant Eagle, tharefore fowk caw Pingdingshan the Eagle Ceity an aw.

## Admeenistration
The prefectur-level ceity o Pingdingshan admeenisters 4 destricts, 2 coonty-level ceeties an 4 coonties.

*Xinhua Destrict (新华区) Aurie: 157&nbsp;km2，Population: 360 thoosand, Post code: 467002
*Weidong Destrict (卫东区) Aurie: 103&nbsp;km2，Population: 290 thoosand, Post code: 467021
*Zhanhe Destrict (湛河区) Aurie: 124&nbsp;km2，Population: 220 thoosand, Post code: 467000
*Shilong Destrict (石龙区) Aurie: 35&nbsp;km2，Population: 60 thoosand, Post code: 467045
*Ruzhou Ceity (汝州市) Aurie: 1573&nbsp;km2，Population: 960 thoosand, Post code: 467500
*Wugang Ceity (舞钢市) Aurie: 640&nbsp;km2，Population: 310 thoosand, Post code: 462500
*Lushan Coonty (鲁山县) Aurie: 2406&nbsp;km2，Population: 830 thoosand, Post code: 467002
*Baofeng Coonty (宝丰县) Aurie: 722&nbsp;km2，Population: 480 thoosand, Post code: 467400
*Ye Coonty (叶县) Aurie: 1387&nbsp;km2，Population: 820 thoosand, Post code: 467200
*Jia Coonty (郏县) Aurie: 727&nbsp;km2，Population: 560 thoosand, Post code: 467100

## Colleges an varsities
*Pingdingshan Varsity
*Pingdingshan Institute o Technology

## Heich schuils
*Pingdingshan No.1 Middle Schuil
*Pingdingshan No.1 Heich Schuil
*Pingdingshan No.2 Middle Schuil
*Pingdingshan No.8 Middle Schuil
*Pingdingshan Experimental Heich Schuil

## Twin towns — Sister ceeties
Pingdingshan, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae is twinned wi:
* Syzran, Roushie (11/28/2000) 

## Economy
Pingdingshan haes been identified bi the Economist Intelligence Unit in the November 2010 Access Cheenae White Paper as a member o the CHAMPS ('''C'''hongqing, '''H'''efei, '''A'''nshan, '''M'''aanshan, **P**ingdingshan an '''S'''henyang), an economic profile o the tap 20 emergin ceeties in Cheenae.

## See also
*2009 Henan mine disaster

## Tourism Spots

***Pingdingshan thrush Valley**  A Naitional "AAA" ratit scenic spot an a major tourist attraction in Henan. It is named efter the mony thrushes breedin here. The scenic aurie is a tot o 30 square kilometers. Thare are numerous attractions sic as cuckoo loch, an aurie kent as "the pocket o the Three Gorges.
***Yaoshan** A naitional "AAAA" ratit scenic spot. Locatit nearby in Lushan Coonty. Oreeginally kent as Yaoshan Shirenshan. Home tae the Spring Temple Buddha, the lairgest statue in the warld, biggit in 2002.

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Pingdingshan Municipal Fowk's Govrenment (in Simplified Cheenese)
*Pingdingshan Information Portal 
*Pingdingshan News Network 
*Pingdingshan Economic Network