Tongren

Tongren
铜仁市
Tungjen
Location of Tongren City jurisdiction in Guizhou
Coordinates (Tongren municipal government): 27°43′54″N 109°11′22″E / 27.7316°N 109.1895°E / 27.7316; 109.1895
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuizhou
Area
  Total
18,014 km2 (6,955 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
3,298,468
GDP
  TotalCN¥ 132.8 billion
US$ 19.3 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 40,269
US$ 5,838
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code856
ISO 3166 codeCN-GZ-06
Websitewww.tongren.gov.cn

Tongren (simplified Chinese: 铜仁; traditional Chinese: 銅仁; pinyin: Tóngrén) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture (铜仁地区) until November 2011, when it was converted into a prefecture-level city.By the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, Tongren City will have a permanent population of 3.1615 million and a registered population of 4.494 million.

Tongren City borders Hunan to the east and Chongqing to the north, and is known as the "Gateway to Eastern Guizhou". The city covers an area of ​​18,000 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 8 counties, 8 provincial economic development zones, 2 provincial high-tech industrial development zones, and 1 provincial health and medicine industry demonstration zone.