Gejiu

Gejiu
个旧市
Clockwise: urban skyline, Jinhu Cultural Square, Shadian Grand Mosque, Yunnan Tin, Baofenglong Store, Former Site of GeBi LinPing Railway Company
Location of Gejiu City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province
Location of Gejiu City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province
Gejiu is located in Yunnan
Gejiu
Gejiu
Location within China
Coordinates: 23°22′N 103°09′E / 23.367°N 103.150°E / 23.367; 103.150
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
PrefectureHonghe
Area
 • Total1,587 km2 (613 sq mi)
Population
 • Total390,000
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Postal code
661000
Area code0873
Websitewww.gjjw.gov.cn
Gejiu
Traditional Chinese箇舊
Simplified Chinese个旧
Literal meaningsingle old

Geiju () (Chinese: 个旧, geh-JOO;[1] Hani: Goqjef; formerly known as Kochiu) is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, with 202,000[note 1] urban inhabitants (ranked 14th largest city in Yunnan).[2] It is the site of China's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining.

  1. ^ Olausson, Lena; Sangster, Catherine (October 26, 2006). Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation: The Essential Handbook of the Spoken Word. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-280710-6 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2020). 中国城市建设统计年鉴 2018 [China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Statistic Publishing House. Archived from the original on 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2020-12-12.


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