Xinzhou

Xinzhou
忻州市
Foguang Temple in Wutai County
Location of Xinzhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Location of Xinzhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Xinzhou is located in Shanxi
Xinzhou
Xinzhou
Location of the city centre in Shanxi
Coordinates (Xinzhou Municipal Government): 38°24′58″N 112°44′02″E / 38.416°N 112.734°E / 38.416; 112.734
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
County-level divisions14
City seatXinfu
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Xinzhou SecretaryLi Junming (李俊明)
 • MayorZheng Liansheng (郑连生)
Area
25,180 km2 (9,720 sq mi)
 • Urban183.00 km2 (70.66 sq mi)
 • Districts[1]1,982.0 km2 (765.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
3,067,501
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
 • Urban302,500
 • Urban density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
 • Districts[1]
578,000
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 103.5 billion
US$ 16.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 33,726
US$ 5,396
Time zoneUTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code
034000
Area code0350
ISO 3166 codeCN-SX-09
Licence plates晋H
Administrative division code140900
Websitewww.sxxz.gov.cn
Xinzhou
Chinese忻州
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnzhōu
Wade–GilesHsin-chou

Xinzhou, ancient name Xiurong (秀荣),[4] is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of inner land Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei to the east, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. As of 2022, the city has a permanent population of 2,655,563.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ 2010年忻州市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China]. National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "忻州市情". 忻州市人民政府. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  5. ^ "2022年忻州市人口变动情况抽样调查主要数据公报" [Communique of Xinzhou's population dynamics in 2022 by sampling investigation]. Government of Xinzhou (in Simplified Chinese). 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2024-09-03.