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Jinzhong
晋中市 Kinchung | |
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Coordinates (Jinzhong municipal government): 37°41′17″N 112°45′09″E / 37.6880°N 112.7526°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
County-level divisions | 12 |
Municipal seat | Yuci District |
Government | |
• Type | Prefecture-level city |
• CPC Jinzhong Secretary | Zhang Pu (张璞) |
• Mayor | Wu Qinghai (吴清海) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 16,408 km2 (6,335 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,361 km2 (912 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,787 km2 (1,076 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census[2]) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 3,379,498 |
• Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,226,617 |
• Urban density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Metro | 5,433,659 |
• Metro density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
GDP[3] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 146.9 billion US$ 23 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 43,461 US$ 6,954 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 030600 |
Area code | 0354 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-07 |
Licence plates | 晋K |
Administrative division code | 140700 |
Website | sxjz |
Jinzhong | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 晉中 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 晋中 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Central Jin | ||||||||
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Yuci | |||||||||
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Chinese | 榆次 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Elm Place | ||||||||
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Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However, 5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.[2]