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Huludao

Eastern Asia

Huludao is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, China, with a population of 2,434,194 at the 2020 census and 1,252,660 in its metropolitan area. Its name means Gourd Island, after a fiddle-shaped peninsula in Longgang District shaped like a bottle gourd, and the city was formerly known as Jinxi until it was renamed in 1994. Covering 10,582 square kilometers with a 237-kilometer coastline, Huludao is a major industrial center home to Asia's largest zinc smelter and the Bohai Shipyard, where China builds nuclear submarines.

Facts
Population
2,434,194 1
Area (sq km)
10,408.68 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
40.709444 degrees north 1
Longitude
120.837778 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Huludao (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 2,434,194 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.709444, longitude 120.837778
  • P2046 (area)
    area 10408.68 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 2434194 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Huludao - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2036662
    40.75243 120.83552 P PPLA2 CN 19 2114 944495 17 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 17 m
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3. Huludao (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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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 40.75, 120.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 120.75
40.75 120.75 Dwa
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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