Shiyan
Shiyan
十堰市 Shih-yen | |
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Shiyan Railway Station in July 2014 | |
Location of Shiyan City jurisdiction in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Shiyan municipal government): 32°37′44″N 110°47′55″E / 32.6290°N 110.7987°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| County-level divisions | 8 |
| Municipal seat | Maojian District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Chen Tianhui (陈天会) |
| • Mayor | Zhang Siyi (张嗣义) |
| Area | |
| 23,680 km2 (9,140 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017) | 410.50 km2 (158.49 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 11,932 km2 (4,607 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,640 m (5,380 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,209,004 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,428,629 |
| • Urban density | 3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,033,407 |
| • Metro density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 130.0 billion US$ 20.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 38,490 US$ 6,180 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 442000
(Urban center) 442100-442300, 442500-442700 (Other areas) |
| Area code | 719 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HB-03 |
| License Plate | 鄂C |
| City Tree Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum camphora L. Sieb. Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora L. City Flower Blossom of pomegranate Punica granatum L. Chinese Rose Rosa chinensis | |
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Shiyan (Chinese: 十堰; pinyin: Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of whom 1,033,407 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts of Maojian and Zhangwan on 1,193 square kilometres (461 square miles) as Yunyang is not conurbated. In 2007, the city was named among China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.