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Heyuan

Eastern Asia

Heyuan is a prefecture-level city in the northeastern part of Guangdong Province, China, situated at the confluence of the Dong and Xinfeng rivers. It had a population of about 2.84 million at the 2020 census, with roughly 1.05 million living in its built-up metropolitan area. The city is known as the hometown of the dinosaur in China for its extensive paleontological finds, and its museum holds a Guinness World Record for the largest collection of dinosaur eggs, with 10,008 individual specimens recorded as of 2004. It also serves as a regional transport and economic link connecting coastal Guangdong with the interior of China, with major railway and waterway routes passing through it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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2,837,686 1
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1. Heyuan (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 2,837,686 (2020)
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Heyuan (Wikipedia)
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    Heyuan (Chinese: 河源; Jyutping: ho4 jyun4, Hakka: Fò-Ngiàn), also known as Ho Yun, is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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