Shiyan

Shiyan
十堰市
Shih-yen
Shiyan Railway Station in July 2014
Shiyan Railway Station in July 2014
Location of Shiyan City jurisdiction in Hubei
Location of Shiyan City jurisdiction in Hubei
Shiyan is located in Hubei
Shiyan
Shiyan
Location of the city centre in Hubei
Coordinates (Shiyan municipal government): 32°37′44″N 110°47′55″E / 32.6290°N 110.7987°E / 32.6290; 110.7987
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHubei
County-level divisions8
Municipal seatMaojian District
Government
 • CPC SecretaryChen Tianhui (陈天会)
 • MayorZhang Siyi (张嗣义)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city23,680 km2 (9,140 sq mi)
 • Urban
 (2017)[1]
410.50 km2 (158.49 sq mi)
 • Metro
11,932 km2 (4,607 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,640 m (5,380 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city3,209,004
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,428,629
 • Urban density3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,033,407
 • Metro density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 130.0 billion
US$ 20.9 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 38,490
US$ 6,180
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
442000

(Urban center) 442100-442300, 442500-442700

(Other areas)
Area code719
ISO 3166 codeCN-HB-03
License Plate鄂C
Camphor Laurel

Cinnamomum camphora L. Sieb. Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora L.Blossom of pomegranate Punica granatum L. Chinese Rose

Rosa chinensis

Shiyan (Chinese: 十堰; pinyin: Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of whom 1,033,407 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts of Maojian and Zhangwan on 1,193 square kilometres (461 square miles) as Yunyang is not conurbated. In 2007, the city was named among China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.[4]

  1. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 66. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ 湖北省统计局、国家统计局湖北调查总队 (August 2016). 《湖北统计年鉴-2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7847-6. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ "China's Top 10 Most Livable Cities". hnloudi.gov.cn. Hunan Loudi Official Government. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014.