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Yangquan
阳泉市 Yangchuan | |
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.png) Location of Yangquan City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Yangquan Location of the city centre in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Yangquan municipal government): 37°51′26″N 113°34′49″E / 37.8571°N 113.5804°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Districts | 3 |
| Counties | 2 |
| Incorporated (prefecture) | 1952 |
| Municipal seat | Chengqu |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,563 km2 (1,762 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 656.9 km2 (253.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,053.9 km2 (793.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 1,368,502 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 731,228 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,037,456 |
| • Metro density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 72.4 billion US$ 11.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 54,237 US$ 8,678 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 045000 |
| Area code | 0353 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-03 |
| License Plate Prefix | 晋C |
| Administrative division code | 140300 |
| Website | yq |
Yangquan (simplified Chinese: 阳泉; traditional Chinese: 陽泉; pinyin: Yángquán [jǎŋtɕʰyǎn]) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. Known as "Rippling Spring" in ancient times, it lies on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau and the western side of the Taihang Mountains. Yangquan occupies a total area of 4,452 square kilometres (1,719 sq mi). According to the 2020 census, Yangquan had a population of 1,318,505, of which 1,037,456 lived in the built-up (or metro) area consists of 3 urban districts plus Pingding County.[2] Yangquan is a new industrial city in Shanxi province. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. Yangquan City covers two counties and three districts.
- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ a b "China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ 山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 (December 2021). 《山西统计年鉴－2021》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7824-7.