Nanchong
30°50′14″N 106°06′38″E / 30.8372°N 106.1106°E
Nanchong
南充市 Nanchung | |
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| Nickname: The fruit City | |
Location of Nanchong City jurisdiction in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates (Nanchong Bureau of Civil Affairs (南充市民政局)): 30°47′29″N 106°04′31″E / 30.7913°N 106.0753°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Officiated | 1993 |
| Municipal seat | Shunqing District |
| Government | |
| • Party Secretary | Liu Hongjian |
| Area | |
| 12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,527.8 km2 (976.0 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,527.8 km2 (976.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 5,607,565 | |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,936,534 |
| • Urban density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,936,534 |
| • Metro density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 151.6 billion US$ 24.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 23,881 US$ 3,834 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 637000 |
| Area code | 0817 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-13 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 川R |
| Website | nanchong |
Nanchong (Chinese: 南充; pinyin: Nánchōng; Wade–Giles: Nan-ch'ung; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi). At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of three urban districts. It is the second most populated city of Sichuan Province, after Chengdu. The administrative center is Shunqing District.