Siping (city)

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Siping (zh-cp|c=四平|p=Sìpíng), formerly Ssupingkai (zh-cp|c=四平街|p=Sìpíngjiē), is a city in Jilin province in
Northeast China. The percentage of Han Chinese is at 91%, and there are Manchu, Mongolian and Korean minorities.

Siping is the seat of an apostolic Vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church. it was the site of several major battle during the Chinese civil war from 1945-49

Geography

Siping has several hundreds of thousands of residents. The urban area is 407 km². Annual precipitation is 600 mm.

Siping prefecture includes two districts, two counties and two cities.

Notable people

*Jia Hongsheng, Chinese actor (1967-)