Luzhou

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Luzhou 泸州市
Prefecture-level city
Luzhou in 2008
Location of Luzhou City jurisdiction in Sichuan
Luzhou Location in China
Coordinates (Luzhou municipal government): 28°52′16″N 105°26′31″E / 28.871°N 105.442°E / 28.871; 105.442
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
County-level divisions	7
Established	151 BC
Municipal seat	Jiangyang District
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CPC Luzhou Secretary	Jiang Fuyi (蒋辅义)
• Mayor	Liu Qiang (刘强)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,233.58 km2 (4,723.41 sq mi)
• Metro	981.7 km2 (379.0 sq mi)
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	4,254,149
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
• Urban	1,596,119
• Metro	1,241,273
• Metro density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Luzhouese
Major ethnic groups
• Han	98.47%
• Hmong[2][circular reference]	1.26%
• other ethnic groups	0.27%
GDP[3]
• Per capita	CN¥ 65,662 US$ 9,291
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	646000
Area code	830
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC-05
City flower	Osmanthus fragrans
City tree	Longan tree
Regional dialect	Chuan: Luzhou dialect (泸州话)
License plate prefix	川E
Website	luzhou.gov.cn

Luzhou (simplified Chinese: 泸州; traditional Chinese: 瀘州; pinyin: Lúzhōu; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nu²zou¹; Luzhou dialect: [nu˨˩tsəu˥]), formerly transliterated as Lu-chou or Luchow, is a prefecture-level city located in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is also known as the "Liquor City" (酒城). It was named Jiangyang (simplified Chinese: 江阳; traditional Chinese: 江陽; pinyin: Jiāngyáng) until the Northern and Southern dynasties. Situated at the confluence of the Tuo River and the Yangtze River, Luzhou has been Sichuan province's largest port in both size and output since Chongqing's separation from Sichuan in 1997. As of the 2020 Chinese census, its population was 4,254,149. Of these, 1,241,273 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Jiangyang and Longmatan districts, as Naxi district is not conurbated yet. Luzhou borders Yunnan, Guizhou and Chongqing provinces. As the only geographic junction of the four provinces, it was an important port location in ancient China. After the PRC was founded in 1949, Luzhou became the capital of southern Sichuan province. In 1983, Luzhou was upgraded to prefecture-level city status.

Luzhou is best known for its alcoholic beverages, particularly baijiu.^[5]