Yuncheng

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Yuncheng 运城市
Prefecture-level city
Top to bottom, left to right: Haizhou Emperor Guan Temple, Yuncheng Salt Lake, Yuncheng Airport, Nanfeng Plaza
Location of Yuncheng City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Yuncheng Location of the city center in Shanxi Show map of Shanxi Yuncheng Yuncheng (Eastern China) Show map of Eastern China Yuncheng Yuncheng (China) Show map of China
Coordinates (Yulin municipal government): 35°01′36″N 111°00′25″E / 35.0267°N 111.0070°E / 35.0267; 111.0070
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
County-level divisions	13
Municipal seat	Yanhu District
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• Communist Party Secretary	Wang Yuyan
• Mayor	Wang Qingxian (王清宪)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	14,183 km2 (5,476 sq mi)
• Urban	1,205 km2 (465 sq mi)
• Metro	1,205 km2 (465 sq mi)
Elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	4,774,508
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
• Urban	928,334
• Urban density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Metro	928,334
• Metro density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 164.4 billion US$ 25.8 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 34,425 US$ 5,508
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	044000
Area code	0359
ISO 3166 code	CN-SX-08
License Plate	晋M
Administrative division code	140800

Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan (Luoyang and Jiyuan to the east, Sanmenxia to the south) and Shaanxi (Weinan) provinces to the east, south and west, respectively. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,774,508 inhabitants (5,134,779 in 2010), of whom 928,334 (680,036 in 2010) lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Yanhu District. One can note than Pinglu County, 205,080 inhabitants in the south, is now part of Sanmenxia built-up (or metro) area.