Yuncheng
Yuncheng
运城市 | |
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Top to bottom, left to right: Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple, Yuncheng Salt Lake, Yuncheng Airport, Nanfeng Plaza | |
Location of Yuncheng City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Yulin municipal government): 35°01′36″N 111°00′25″E / 35.0267°N 111.0070°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 13 |
| Municipal seat | Yanhu District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Communist Party Secretary | Wang Yuyan |
| • Mayor | Wang Qingxian (王清宪) |
| Area | |
| 14,183 km2 (5,476 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 4,774,508 | |
| • Density | 340/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 928,334 |
| • Urban density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 928,334 |
| • Metro density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 164.4 billion US$ 25.8 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 34,425 US$ 5,508 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 044000 |
| Area code | 0359 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-08 |
| License Plate | 晋M |
| Administrative division code | 140800 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 运城 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 運城 | ||||||||
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Yuncheng (simplified Chinese: 运城; traditional Chinese: 運城市) is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaanxi (Weinan) provinces to the east, south and west, respectively. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,774,508 inhabitants (5,134,779 in 2010), of whom 928,334 (680,036 in 2010) lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Yanhu District. One can note than Pinglu County, 205,080 inhabitants in the south, is now part of Sanmenxia built-up (or metro) area.
Yuncheng is a city that was born and prospered from salt. It is named after the "City of Salt Luck".