Mianyang
Mianyang
绵阳市 Miencheo, Mienchow, Mien-yong | |
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Clockwise from top: The view of Mianyang City from Fule Park, Yuewang Mansion at night, Night scene along Fujiang River in Mianyang City, Ziyun Pavilion in Xishan Park of Mianyang | |
Location of Mianyang in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates (Mianyang municipal government): 31°28′05″N 104°40′44″E / 31.468°N 104.679°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Municipal seat | Fucheng District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Party Chief | Peng Yuxing |
| • Mayor | Liu Chao |
| Area | |
| 20,267.46 km2 (7,825.31 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,755.4 km2 (1,063.9 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,755.4 km2 (1,063.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 473 m (1,552 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 4,868,243 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,232,865 |
| • Urban density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,232,865 |
| • Metro density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 170.0 billion US$ 27.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,754 US$ 5,740 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 621000 |
| Area code | 0816 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-07 |
| License Plate Prefix | 川B |
| Tree | Cinnamomum camphora |
| Flower | Rosa chinensis |
| Website | www |
| Miányáng | |||||||||||||||
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"Miányáng" in Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 绵阳 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 綿陽 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "South of Mian Mountain" | ||||||||||||||
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Mianyang (simplified Chinese: 绵阳; traditional Chinese: 綿陽; pinyin: Miányáng; Wade–Giles: Mien2-yang2; Sichuanese romanization: Mien2-iang2; formerly known as Mienchow, Chinese: 綿州; pinyin: Mianzhou; Sichuanese romanization: Miencheo; lit. 'Mian Prefecture') is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwestern China. It borders Nanchong City to the east, Suining City to the south, Deyang City to the southwest, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the west, Gansu Province to the north, and Guangyuan City to the northeast. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of 20,281 square kilometres (7,831 sq mi) consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and three urban districts. Its total population was 4,868,243 people at the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 2,232,865 live in its built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts.