Zigong

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Zigong 自贡市 Tzu-kung, Tzu-liu-ching
Prefecture-level city
Zigong Dinosaur Museum
Location of Zigong in Sichuan
Coordinates (Zigong municipal government): 29°20′20″N 104°46′44″E / 29.339°N 104.779°E / 29.339; 104.779
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Municipal seat	Ziliujing District
Government
Area
• Prefecture-level city	4,372.6 km2 (1,688.3 sq mi)
• Urban	1,441 km2 (556 sq mi)
• Metro	1,441 km2 (556 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	2,489,256
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	1,297,695
• Urban density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
• Metro	1,297,695
• Metro density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 114.3 billion US$ 18.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 41,447 US$ 6,655
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC-03
Website	www.zg.gov.cn

Zigong (Chinese: 自贡, tsih-kung), formed by the merger of the two former towns of Ziliujing (Tzuliuching, literally "self-flow well") and Gongjing (Kungching, literally "offering well"), is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan, Southwestern China.