Shuozhou

Former names
Former names
Mayi
Traditional Chinese	馬邑
Simplified Chinese	马邑
Literal meaning	Horse Town
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mǎyì
Wade–Giles	Ma-i

Shuozhou
Shuozhou
Chinese	朔州
Literal meaning	Seat of Shuo Prefecture
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shuòzhōu
Wade–Giles	Shuo-chou

Shuozhou

朔州市
Shuozhou 朔州市
Prefecture-level city
	The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Ying County, built in 1056.
	Location of Shuozhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
	Shuozhou Shuozhou city center in Shanxi
	Coordinates (Shuozhou municipal government): 39°19′54″N 112°25′58″E / 39.3317°N 112.4329°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
County-level divisions	6
Municipal seat	Shuocheng District
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• CPC Shuozhou Secretary	Wang Maoshe (王茂设)
• Mayor	LI Zhengyin (李正印)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi)
• Urban	176.00 km2 (67.95 sq mi)
• Districts	4,093.7 km2 (1,580.6 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	1,714,857
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
• Urban	433,700
• Districts	745,000
GDP
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 110 billion; US$ 17.3 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 69,152; US$ 11,064
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	036000
Area code	0349
ISO 3166 code	CN-SX-06
Licence plates	晋F
Administrative division code	140600
Website	www.shuozhou.gov.cn

Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about 10,662 km² (4,117 sq mi) and, in 2010, a population of about 1.71 million.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b 朔州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报（Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China）. National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
^ 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.

[CUCSY_2017-1] 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.

[Census2010-2] 朔州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报（Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China）. National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

[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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