Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang
湛江市 | |
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Zhanjiang Bay Bridge with Chikan's Skyline in the background | |
| Nickname: "Harbor City" (港城) | |
Location of Zhanjiang City jurisdiction in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates (Zhanjiang municipal government): 21°16′12″N 110°21′27″E / 21.2701°N 110.3575°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Municipal seat | Chikan District |
| Government | |
| • CCP Party Chief | Zheng Renhao (郑人豪) |
| • Mayor | Jiang Jianjun (姜建军) |
| Area | |
| 13,225 km2 (5,106 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,720.3 km2 (664.2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,720.3 km2 (664.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 6,981,236 | |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,931,455 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,931,455 |
| • Metro density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 356 billion US$ 55.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 50,814 US$ 7,876 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 524000 |
| Area code | 759 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-08 |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 9 |
| License Plate Prefix | 粤G |
| Local dialect | |
| Website | www.zhanjiang.gov.cn |
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"Zhanjiang", as written in Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 湛江 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jyutping | zaam3gong1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Jaamgōng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhànjiāng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | Azure River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhanjiang is a port city on the southwestern panhandle of Guangdong province in South China. The prefecture-level city of Zhanjiang administers the whole of Leizhou Peninsula, facing Haikou city of Hainan across the Qiongzhou Strait.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 in 2010) whom 1,931,455 lived in the builtup (or metro) area consisting of four urban districts: Chikan, Xiashan, Potou, and Mazhang. In 2007, the city was named China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.