| Shuangliao | |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 136400 |
| Area Code: | 0434 |
| Settlement Type: | County-level city |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jilin |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Siping |
| Seat: | Zhengjiatun Subdistrict (Chinese: 郑家屯街道) |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Area Total Km2: | 3121.3 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 149.20 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 407000 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Urban: | 128600 |
| Pushpin Map: | Jilin |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jilin |
| Coordinates: | 43.5183°N 123.5027°W |
| Elevation M: | 118 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Shuangliao is a city in western Jilin, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. It is under the administration of Siping City and was previously the de jure capital of the defunct Liaobei Province.
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Shuangliao is located at the confluence of the western and eastern branches of the Liao River as well as the Songliao Plain with the Horqin Grasslands (Chinese: 科尔沁草原). It borders Changtu County (Liaoning) and Lishu County to the south, Gongzhuling to the east, Changling County to the north, and the Horqin Left Middle and Left Back banners of Inner Mongolia. The administrative area reaches 89km (55miles) in north-south extent and 62km (39miles) in east-west width, covering an area of 3121.2km2.
Shuangliao has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, with a January 24-hour average temperature of -14.5°C. Spring and fall are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are hot and humid, with a July average of 23.7°C. Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 459.5mm occurs from June to August. The annual mean temperature is 6.5°C, while the frost-free period averages 145 days and annual sunshine duration lasts 2,714.9 hours.