Shuanghe is a

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, People's Republic of China. It is located east of Bole City and southwest of Alashankou and the border with

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. Shuanghe governs an area of and has a population of 53,800.

Name

The name Shuanghe means "two rivers", referring to the Bortala River and Jing River (Tsingho) (). It is named after the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

administrative division Shuanghe Dudufu (), which was established in the area in 658 AD.

History

The city was formerly the settled and cultivated areas of the Fifth Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). In January 2014, the State Council of China approved the establishment of Shuanghe City and the city was formally established on 26 February 2014. Shuanghe is the seventh city in Xinjiang converted from XPCC land, after Shihezi,

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, Tumxuk, Wujiaqu, Beitun and Tiemenguan. Like the other cities of XPCC, it is a county-level city directly administered by Xinjiang Autonomous Region without an intervening prefectural government.

References

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