Liupanshui is a prefecture-level city in western Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. Its name combines characters drawn from its three constituent counties, Liuzhi, Panzhou and Shuicheng. The city covers about 9,926 square kilometers and had a population of just over 3 million at the 2020 census, one of Guizhou's largest cities, and is known locally for its notably temperate summers.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude26.594444 degrees north 1 Longitude104.833333 degrees east 1 FAQs
Does the population of Liupanshui count only the urban core?
The 3,031,602 total covers four districts and counties across the whole prefecture-level city.
No. Liupanshui is a prefecture-level city, an administrative unit that groups several smaller divisions, and its census count of 3,031,602 covers all of them. citypopulation.de lists four: Zhongshan District with 674,249 people, Liuzhi Special District with 536,873, the county-level city of Panzhou with 1,074,073 and Shuicheng County with 746,407. Those four add up to the total for the whole city.
Sources
1. Liupanshui (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 3,031,602 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 26.594444, longitude 104.833333
P2046 (area)
area 9914.49 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 3031602 (2020)
View the Source2. Liupanshui (Wikipedia)
History section
The city was established in 1978 as a prefecture-level municipality.
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