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Zibo
淄博市 Tsibo | |
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Location in the North China Plain | |
Coordinates (Zibo municipal government): 36°48′50″N 118°03′18″E / 36.8138°N 118.0550°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shandong |
County-level divisions | 8 |
Township divisions | 106 |
Municipal seat | Zhangdian District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Yu Haitian (于海田) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 5,965 km2 (2,303 sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,989 km2 (1,154 sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,748 km2 (1,833 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,108.3 m (3,636.2 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 4,704,138 |
• Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,493,664 |
• Urban density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 4,412,016 |
• Metro density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
GDP[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 507 billion US$ 76.6 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 107,720 US$ 16,278 |
Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
Postal Code | 255100 |
Area code | 0533 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-SD-03 |
License Plate Prefix | 鲁C |
Website | www |
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Chinese | 淄博 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zibo (Chinese: 淄博; pinyin: Zībó) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital Jinan to the west, Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou to the north.
Zibo spans 5,938 square kilometres (2,293 sq mi). As of the 2020 cenus, Zibo's population was 4,704,138,[2][3] of which 4.41 million lived in the metro area comprising five urban districts—Zhangdian, Zichuan, Boshan, Zhoucun and Linzi–and parts of neighboring counties Huantai, Gaoqing, and Yiyuan.
The Zibo area was the centre of the ancient State of Qi, whose capital Linzi was the most populous city in China at its peak. Pu Songling, a well-known writer of the Qing dynasty, is one of the most famous people from Zibo. As the birthplace of Qi culture, Zibo is a notable tourist city.
Manufacturing holds an important place of the city's economy, particularly ceramics manufacturing. Other key industries include the petrochemical industry, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, construction materials, machinery and textiles. New industries and high-technology industries, such new materials, fine chemicals, electronics, IT, and biopharmaceutics are also developing rapidly.
According to the 2007-08 Global City Competitiveness Report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zibo was among the top 20 cities in the world in terms of fast economic growth between 2001 and 2005.[4] According to the Oriental Outlook Magazine, Zibo ranks No. 1 on the list of cities that have reasonable real estate prices in China, also ranking No. 2 on the list of cities with good public security in China in 2008.[5] In 2009, the city received the award of "Best 10 Harmonious Cities that enjoy Sustainable Development in China".[6]