Shuangcheng | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1501XX |
Area Code: | 0451 |
Image Map1: | Location of Harbin Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png |
Map Caption1: | Harbin in Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-provincial city |
Subdivision Name2: | Harbin |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3112.0 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 766,316 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 45.3845°N 126.349°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Shuangcheng District is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southwestern suburbs. The district was approved to establish from the former Shuangcheng City (Chinese: 双城市) by the Chinese State Council on May 2, 2014.[3] It sits approximately south-southwest of downtown Harbin. Formerly a county-level city until 15 May 2014. The westernmost county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Daoli District to the north, Nangang and Pingfang Districts to the northeast, Acheng District to the east, and Wuchang to the southeast, as well as the Jilin prefecture-level divisions of Changchun to the south and Songyuan to the southwest.
Shuangcheng District is divided into 10 subdistricts, 8 towns, 1 ethnic town, 4 townships and 4 ethnic townships.[4]