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Cangzhou

Eastern Asia

Cangzhou is a prefecture-level city forming the southeastern extension of Hebei Province, China, to the coast of the Bohai Sea between Tianjin and Shandong. At the 2020 census its built-up area, made up of Yunhe district, Xinhua district and Cang County, had a population of 1,421,843, while the wider prefecture-level unit held 7,300,783 people, falling to 7,227,700 by the end of 2024. The city lies about 90 kilometers from Tianjin and 180 kilometers from Beijing.

Facts
Population
7,300,783 1
Founding Year
517 2
Elevation (m)
12 3
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
Yes 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
Sources
1. Cangzhou (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 7,300,783 (2020)
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2. Cangzhou (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Settled' = '517' on 'Cangzhou'
  • Lead
    to the coast of the Bohai Sea between Tianjin and Shandong
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 38.3047, 116.8387
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)Elevation result for the city coordinates
Quote, Elevation result for the city coordinates
"elevation": 12.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 116.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 116.75
38.25 116.75 Cwa
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5. GeoNames: Cangzhou - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1816080, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 1816080, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
38.31124 116.85334 P PPLA2 CN 10 1309 527681 15 Asia/Shanghai
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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