Langfang

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Langfang 廊坊市
Prefecture-level city
Clockwise from the top: Sanhe, Jingkelong, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Downtown Langfang at night
Location of Langfang City jurisdiction in Hebei
Langfang Location of the city centre in Hebei Show map of Hebei Langfang Langfang (Northern China) Show map of Northern China Langfang Langfang (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Langfang municipal government): 39°32′18″N 116°41′01″E / 39.5383°N 116.6835°E / 39.5383; 116.6835
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hebei
Settled	1948
Established	September 13, 1988
Municipal seat	Guangyang District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	6,417.28 km2 (2,477.73 sq mi)
• Urban	961.8 km2 (371.4 sq mi)
• Metro	961.8 km2 (371.4 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	5,464,087
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
• Urban	1,147,591
• Urban density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Metro	1,147,591
• Metro density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 281 billion US$ 42.7 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 60,769 US$9,000
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 code	CN-HE-10
License Plate Prefix	冀R
Website	lf.gov.cn

Langfang is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, and was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Langfang is located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin. At the 2020 census, the population of Langfang was 5,464,087, of whom 1,147,591 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Guangyang and Anci districts; its total area is around 6,417.28 km² (2,477.73 sq mi). Langfang borders Baoding to the southwest, Cangzhou to the south (both prefecture-level cities of Hebei), Beijing to the north and Tianjin to the east. Sanhe City and Dachang Hui County are now conurbated with Beijing, so that they form part of the same built-up area. Langfang is the smallest prefecture-level city of Hebei Province by land area.