Mianyang
绵阳市 Miencheo, Mienchow, Mien-yong | |
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![]() Clockwise from top: The view of Mianyang City from Fule Park, Yuewang Mansion at night, Night scene along Fujiang River in Mianyang City, Ziyun Pavilion in Xishan Park of Mianyang | |
![]() Location of Mianyang in Sichuan | |
Coordinates (Mianyang municipal government): 31°28′05″N 104°40′44″E / 31.468°N 104.679°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Sichuan |
Municipal seat | Fucheng District |
Government | |
• CPC Party Chief | Peng Yuxing |
• Mayor | Liu Chao |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 20,267.46 km2 (7,825.31 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,755.4 km2 (1,063.9 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,755.4 km2 (1,063.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 473 m (1,552 ft) |
Highest elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,868,243 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,232,865 |
• Urban density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,232,865 |
• Metro density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 170.0 billion US$ 27.3 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 35,754 US$ 5,740 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 621000 |
Area code | 0816 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-07 |
License Plate Prefix | 川B |
Tree | Cinnamomum camphora |
Flower | Rosa chinensis |
Website | www |
Miányáng | |||||||||||||||
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![]() "Miányáng" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 绵阳 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 綿陽 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "South of Mian Mountain" | ||||||||||||||
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Mianyang (simplified Chinese: 绵阳; traditional Chinese: 綿陽; pinyin: Miányáng; Wade–Giles: Mien2-yang2; Sichuanese romanization: Mien2-iang2; formerly known as Mienchow, Chinese: 綿州; pinyin: Mianzhou; Sichuanese romanization: Miencheo; lit. 'Mian Prefecture') is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwestern China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of 20,281 square kilometres (7,831 sq mi) consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and three urban districts.[3] Its total population was 4,868,243 people at the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 2,232,865 live in its built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts.