Tai'an

Tai'an 泰安市
Prefecture-level city
Mount Tai seen across Tai'an
Location of Tai'an City jurisdiction in Shandong
Tai'an Location on the North China Plain Show map of Northern China Tai'an Tai'an (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Tai'an municipal government): 36°12′07″N 117°05′13″E / 36.202°N 117.087°E / 36.202; 117.087
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
County-level divisions	6
Municipal seat	Taishan District
Government
• CPC Secretary	Cui Honggang[1]
• Mayor	Li Xixin
Area [2]
• Prefecture-level city	7,762 km2 (2,997 sq mi)
• Urban	2,086.8 km2 (805.7 sq mi)
• Metro	2,086.8 km2 (805.7 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Highest elevation (Mount Tai)	1,645 m (5,397 ft)
Population  (2019 census)[2]
• Prefecture-level city	5,635,000
• Density	730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
• Urban	1,735,425
• Urban density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
• Metro	1,735,425
• Metro density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
GDP[3]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 365 billion US$ 55.2 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 64,714 US$ 9,779
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	538
ISO 3166 code	CN-SD-09
License Plate Prefix	鲁J
Website	www.taian.gov.cn

Tai'an (Chinese: 泰安; pinyin: Tài'ān) is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. Centered on Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng to the extreme west and Jining to the south. To the west, Tai'an is separated from the province of Henan by the Yellow River.

Its population was 5,494,207 as of the 2010 census, of whom 1,735,425 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts (Taishan District and Daiyue District).