Gejiu
Gejiu
个旧市 | |
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Downtown skyline Jinhu Cultural Square Former site of GeBi LinPing Railway Company Shadian Grand Mosque Former site of Baofenglong Store Yunnan Tin headquarters | |
Location of Gejiu City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province | |
| Coordinates: 23°22′N 103°09′E / 23.367°N 103.150°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Honghe |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,587 km2 (613 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 390,000 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 661000 |
| Area code | 0873 |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 箇舊 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 个旧 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | single old | ||||||||||
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Gejiu (ⓘ) (Chinese: 个旧, geh-JOO; Hani: Goqjef; formerly known as Kochiu) is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, with 202,000 urban inhabitants (ranked 14th largest city in Yunnan). It is the site of China's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining.