Qingyuan
清远市 | |
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 Location of Qingyuan in Guangdong | |
  Qingyuan Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Qingyuan municipal government): 23°40′55″N 113°03′22″E / 23.682°N 113.056°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| Township-level divisions | 53 |
| City seat | Qingcheng District |
| Area | |
| 19,152.9 km2 (7,395.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,652.3 km2 (1,410.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,652.3 km2 (1,410.2 sq mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 190 km (120 mi) |
| • Width | 230 km (140 mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (45 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census[2]) | |
| 3,969,473 | |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,738,424 |
| • Urban density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,738,424 |
| • Metro density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 200.7 billion US$ 31.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 50,459 US$ 7,821 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0763 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-18 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 粤R |
| Major Nationalities | Han, Zhuang and Yao |
| Website | www |
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 "Qingyuan" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 清远 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 清遠 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Qīngyuǎn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Chīngyúhn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Tsingyun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Clear-&-Distant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Qingyuan, formerly romanized as Tsingyun,[a] is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China, on the banks of the Bei or North River. During the 2020 census, its total population was 3,969,473, out of whom 1,738,424 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of urbanized Qingcheng and Qingxin districts.[7] The primary spoken language is Cantonese. Covering 19,015 km2 (7,342 sq mi), Qingyuan is Guangdong's largest prefecture-level division by land area, and it borders Guangzhou and Foshan to the south, Shaoguan to the east and northeast, Zhaoqing to the south and southwest, and Hunan province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the north.[1] The urban core is surrounded by mountainous areas but is directly connected with Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta by Highway 107.
- ^ a b 清远概况 (in Simplified Chinese). Qingyuan People's Government. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ 广东省统计局、国家统计局广东调查总队 (August 2016). 《广东统计年鉴－2016》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7837-7. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XV (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Gutzlaff (1838), p. 564.
- ^ "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
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