Bazhong
Bazhong
巴中市 Pachung | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Bazhou | |
Location of Bazhong in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates (Bazhong government): 31°52′05″N 106°44′53″E / 31.868°N 106.748°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| County-level divisions | 2 districts 3 counties |
| Municipal seat | Bazhou District |
| Area | |
| 12,301 km2 (4,749 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,404 km2 (542 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,404 km2 (542 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,507 m (8,225 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 208.3 m (683.4 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 2,712,894 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,064,766 |
| • Urban density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,064,766 |
| • Metro density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 50.1 billion US$ 8.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 15,076 US$ 2,421 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 636600 |
| Area code | 0827 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-19 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 川Y |
| Website | cnbz |
Bazhong (Chinese: 巴中; pinyin: Bāzhōng; lit. 'centre of Ba') is a prefecture-level city in north-eastern Sichuan province, China. Its population was 2,712,894 at the 2020 census whom 1,064,766 lived in Bazhou and Enyang urban districts. As of the end of 2022, the resident population of Bazhong City was 2,658,800 people.