Ziyang

Ziyang 资阳市 Tsiyang
Prefecture-level city
Ziyang in 2012
Location of Ziyang in Sichuan
Coordinates (Ziyang municipal government): 30°07′44″N 104°37′37″E / 30.129°N 104.627°E / 30.129; 104.627
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Municipal seat	Yanjiang District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,748 km2 (2,219 sq mi)
• Urban	1,633 km2 (631 sq mi)
• Metro	1,633 km2 (631 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Prefecture-level city	2,308,631
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	867,119
• Urban density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Metro	867,119
• Metro density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
GDP[2]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 127.0 billion US$ 20.4 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 35,702 US$ 5,732
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	028
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC-20
Website	www.ziyang.gov.cn

Ziyang (simplified Chinese: 资阳; traditional Chinese: 資陽; pinyin: Zīyáng; Wade–Giles: Tzu-yang) prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province, China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Chengdu to the northwest, Deyang to the north, Suining to the northeast, Chongqing municipality to the east, and Neijiang to the west. Its development is going to be very important because of the proximity of Chengdu new Airport and economic zone. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Ziyang's total population was 2,308,631 inhabitants whom 867,119 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Yanjiang District.