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Chengdu

Eastern Asia

Chengdu is the capital city of Sichuan province in China, and the country's fourth most populous city. It is traditionally the hub of Western China and, apart from the provincial-level municipalities, the only city with a population of over 20 million. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
20,937,757 1
Area (sq km)
14,378.18 1
Founding Year
311 BCE 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
500 1
Latitude
30.66 degrees north 1
Longitude
104.06333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
Connections

Associated With

China, Countries

Chengdu is a city in China.

Source Chengdu (Wikipedia)
Sichuan, States or Territories

chengdu is associated with sichuan.

Source Chengdu (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Sichuan, States or Territories

chengdu is the capital of sichuan.

Source Chengdu (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Location Of

Family (Ba Jin novel)

Also in Literature Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Family, Ba Jin (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the setting
His most famous novel, it chronicles inter-generational conflict between old ways and progressive aspirations in an upper-class family in the city of Chengdu, a prosperous but provincial city in the fertile Sichuan basin in the early 1920s following the New Culture Movement.

Site Of

Chengdu Aircraft Corporation

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Sichuan Airlines

Also in Business Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Sichuan Airlinestier 2
Dujiangyan

Also in Technology and Engineering Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Dujiangyan (Wikipedia)Geography, location
Quote, Geography, location
The Dujiangyan irrigation system is located in the western portion of the Chengdu flatlands, at the junction between the Sichuan basin and the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.
Sources
1. Chengdu (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, it is the country's fourth most populous city and the only city with a population of over 20 million apart from provincial-level municipalities.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    14378.18
  • Infobox, coordinates
    30.66000 degrees N 104.06333 degrees E
  • Article text
    The urban area, with an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft), features a few rivers, three of them being the Jin, Fu, and Sha Rivers.
  • Introduction
    Chengdu is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, it is the country's fourth most populous city.
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2. Chengdu (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    inception -311
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Chengdu - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1815286
    30.66667 104.06667 P PPLA CN 32 5101 20937757 499 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 499 m
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4. Sichuan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Sichuan is an inland province in Southwestern China.
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5. 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 30.75, 104.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 104.25
30.75 104.25 Cwa
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Wikidata: Chengdu
Wikidata Q30002, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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