Meishan

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Meishan 眉山市
Prefecture-level city
Bao'en Temple, Meishan
Location of Meishan in Sichuan
Meishan Location of the city center in Sichuan Show map of Sichuan Meishan Meishan (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Meishan municipal government): 30°04′38″N 103°50′54″E / 30.0771°N 103.8484°E / 30.0771; 103.8484
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Municipal seat	Dongpo District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	7,173.82 km2 (2,769.83 sq mi)
• Urban	1,796.1 km2 (693.5 sq mi)
• Metro	1,796.1 km2 (693.5 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	2,955,219
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban	1,232,648
• Urban density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
• Metro	1,232,648
• Metro density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 103.0 billion US$ 16.5 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 34,380 US$ 5,520
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	620000
Area code	028
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC-14
Website	www.ms.gov.cn

Meishan (Chinese: 眉山; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi²san¹; local pronunciation: [mi˨˩sã˥]; pinyin: Méishān; Wade–Giles: Mei-shan), formerly known as Meizhou (眉州) or Qingzhou (青州), is a prefecture-level city with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Dongpo and Pengshan. Its located in Sichuan province, China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin.

It belonged to Leshan Prefecture before 1997. Then Meishan Prefecture was founded in 1997 upon approval of state council. It was renamed Meishan City in 2000.