Baicheng
Baicheng
白城市 | |
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Baicheng Railway Station | |
Location of Baicheng City (yellow) in Jilin (light grey) | |
| Coordinates (Baicheng municipal government): 45°37′12″N 122°50′17″E / 45.620°N 122.838°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Incorporated (town) | 1915 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1958 |
| City seat | Taobei District |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Baicheng Secretary | Li Jinxiu (李晋修) |
| • Mayor | An Guiwu (安桂武) |
| Area | |
| 25,683 km2 (9,916 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017) | 67.50 km2 (26.06 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 2,568.8 km2 (991.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 2,033,058 | |
| • Density | 79/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2020) | 332,826 |
| • Districts | 508,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 70 billion US$ 11.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,479 US$ 5,696 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 137000 |
| Area code | 0436 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JL-08 |
| Licence plates | 吉G |
| Website | www |
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Baicheng (Chinese: 白城市; pinyin: Báichéng Shì; lit. 'White City') is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 2010 census, 2,033,058 people lived within its administrative area of 25,683 km2 (9,916 sq mi).