Zhaotong

Zhaotong
昭通市
Chaotung
Location of Zhaotong in Yunnan
Location of Zhaotong in Yunnan
Coordinates (Zhaotong municipal government): 27°20′17″N 103°43′01″E / 27.338°N 103.717°E / 27.338; 103.717
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
GB/T 2260530600
Prefecture seatZhaoyang District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city23,192 km2 (8,954 sq mi)
Elevation
1,926 m (6,319 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Prefecture-level city5,213,533
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
 • Urban
352,831
GDP[1]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 154.1 billion
US$ 22.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 30,935
US$ 4,563
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
657000
Area code0870
ISO 3166 codeCN-YN-06
License plate prefixes云C
Yunnan e-Portal
Zhaotong
Chinese昭通
PostalChaotung
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāotōng\
Wade–GilesChao1-t'ung1

Zhaotong (Chinese: 昭通) is a prefecture-level city located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the south and southeast and Sichuan to the northeast, north, and west.

  1. ^ 云南省统计局、国家统计局云南调查总队 (December 2023). 《云南统计年鉴-2023》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-9653-1.