Yangquan
Yangquan
阳泉市 Yangchuan | |
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Location of Yangquan City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Yangquan municipal government): 37°51′26″N 113°34′49″E / 37.8571°N 113.5804°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Districts | 3 |
| Counties | 2 |
| Incorporated (prefecture) | 1952 |
| Municipal seat | Chengqu |
| Area | |
| 4,563 km2 (1,762 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 656.9 km2 (253.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,053.9 km2 (793.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 1,368,502 | |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 731,228 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,037,456 |
| • Metro density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 72.4 billion US$ 11.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 54,237 US$ 8,678 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 045000 |
| Area code | 0353 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-03 |
| License Plate Prefix | 晋C |
| Administrative division code | 140300 |
| Website | yq |
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Yangquan (simplified Chinese: 阳泉; traditional Chinese: 陽泉; pinyin: Yángquán [jǎŋtɕʰyǎn]) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. Known as "Rippling Spring" in ancient times, it lies on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau and the western side of the Taihang Mountains. Yangquan occupies a total area of 4,452 square kilometres (1,719 sq mi). According to the 2020 census, Yangquan had a population of 1,318,505, of which 1,037,456 lived in the built-up (or metro) area consists of 3 urban districts plus Pingding County. Yangquan is a new industrial city in Shanxi province. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. Yangquan City covers two counties and three districts.