Yangquan

Yangquan
阳泉市
Yangchuan
Location of Yangquan City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Location of Yangquan City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Yangquan is located in Shanxi
Yangquan
Yangquan
Location of the city centre in Shanxi
Coordinates (Yangquan municipal government): 37°51′26″N 113°34′49″E / 37.8571°N 113.5804°E / 37.8571; 113.5804
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
Districts3
Counties2
Incorporated (prefecture)1952
Municipal seatChengqu
Area
 • Prefecture-level city4,563 km2 (1,762 sq mi)
 • Urban656.9 km2 (253.6 sq mi)
 • Metro
2,053.9 km2 (793.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city1,368,502
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
 • Urban
731,228
 • Urban density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,037,456
 • Metro density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 72.4 billion
US$ 11.7 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 54,237
US$ 8,678
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
045000
Area code0353
ISO 3166 codeCN-SX-03
License Plate Prefix晋C
Administrative division code140300
Websiteyq.gov.cn

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. Situated at the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau and the west side of the Taihang Mountains, known as "Rippling Spring" in ancient times. 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 inhabitants whom 1,037,456 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban Districts plus Pingding County now being conurbated.[2] Yangquan is a new industrial city of Shanxi province. It belongs to the warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate zone. Yangquan City has jurisdiction over two counties and three districts.

Yangquan is the gateway of the Shanxi province, located in the middle of Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang, 100 kilometers apart. Yangquan is also located in the eastern developed areas and the central and western regions of the combination zone, and also located in the reasonable transport sector through Tianjin, Qingdao, Huanghua. There are the ninth pass and Niangzi pass of the Great Wall, the Cangshan tourist Scenic spot, the Guanshan Academy, the former residence of Shi Pingmei, the Liangjiazhai Hot Spring, and the Shinaoshan Forest Park.

In 2017, Yangquan achieved a regional gross domestic product of 67.2 billion yuan, an increase of 6.3 percent at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 1.04 billion yuan, up 3.0 percent, the added value of the secondary industry was 32.04 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6 percent, and that of the tertiary industry was 34.12 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1 percent. The composition of the three industries was adjusted from 1.7 to 48.0 50.3 in 2016 to 1.5 to 47.7 50.8. The per capita regional GDP was 47790 yuan, or US$7078 at the average exchange rate in 2017.

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  3. ^ 山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 (December 2021). 《山西统计年鉴-2021》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7824-7.

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