Shuangliao () is a city in western

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (P ...

, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning and

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. It is under the administration of Siping City and was previously the ''

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'' capital of the defunct Liaobei Province.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts: * Zhengjiatun Subdistrict (),

Liaodong Subdistrict The Liaodong Peninsula (also Liaotung Peninsula, ) is a peninsula in southern Liaoning province in Northeast China, and makes up the southwestern coastal half of the Liaodong region. It is located between the mouths of the Daliao River (the ...

(), Liaonan Subdistrict (),

Liaoxi Subdistrict Liaoxi () was a former province in Northeast China, located in what is now part of Liaoning and Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city ...

(),

Liaobei Subdistrict Liaobei (Wade-Giles: Liaopei) also known as Liaopeh is a ''de jure'' province of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China under ROC law as the government of the Republic of China formally claims to be the Two Chinas, sole legitimat ...

(), Hongqi Subdistrict () Towns: * (), Shuangshan (), Wohu (), Fuxian (), Wangben (), Bolishan (), Xinglong (), Dongming () Townships: * Liutiao Township (), Xinli Township (), Xiangyang Township (),

Yongjia Township Yongjia or Yung-chia may refer to: * The former name for Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang, China. Earliest usage of Wenzhou name began in about 760 AD; Yongjia name usage has continued. * Yongjia County, in Zhejiang, China * Yongjia School, Chinese sc ...

(), Namusi Mongol Ethnic Township ()

Geography and climate

Shuangliao is located at the confluence of the western and eastern branches of the

Liao River The Liao River () is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name derived from the Liao region, a historical name for southern Manchuria, from which the Liaoning province, Liaodon ...

as well as the

Songliao Plain The Northeast China Plain (), commonly known as Song liao Plain or the Manchurian Plain or just the Northeast Plain, is located in Northeast China, historically also known as Manchuria. It lies between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changb ...

with the Horqin Grasslands (). It borders

Changtu County Changtu County () is a county in the northeast of Liaoning province, China, bordering Jilin to the northeast and Inner Mongolia in the northwest. It is under the administration of Tieling City, the downtown of which lies to the south-southwest ...

( Liaoning) and Lishu County to the south, Gongzhuling to the east, Changling County to the north, and the Horqin Left Middle and

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banners of

. The administrative area reaches in north-south extent and in east-west width, covering an area of . Shuangliao has a four-season, monsoon-influenced,

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( Köppen ''Dwa''). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, with a January 24-hour average temperature of . 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 . Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation of occurs from June to August. The annual mean temperature is , while the frost-free period averages 145 days and annual sunshine duration lasts 2,714.9 hours.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Jilin {{Jilin-geo-stub