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Ma'anshan

Eastern Asia

Ma'anshan is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of Anhui province, China, also known by the aliases Taiping, Steel City and Poetry City. An industrial city on the Yangtze River, it borders Hefei to the west, Wuhu to the southwest and Nanjing to the east, and functions as a satellite city of the Nanjing metropolitan area within the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone. 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
2,159,930 1
Area (sq km)
4049.13 1
Founding Year
1956 2
Founding Year
1956 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
31.713531 degrees north 1
Longitude
118.360472 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
No 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 6
Sources
1. Ma'anshan (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 2,159,930 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 31.713531, longitude 118.360472
  • P2046 (area)
    area 4049.13 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 2159930 (2020)
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2. Ma'anshan (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Ma'anshan (simplified Chinese: 马鞍山; traditional Chinese: 馬鞍山; pinyin: Mǎ ān Shān), also colloquially written as Maanshan, is a prefecture-level city in the eastern part of Anhui province in Eastern China.
  • History
    In 1954, Ma'anshan was elevated to town level, and, on October 12, 1956, Ma'anshan City was declared to be founded.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 31.7135,118.3605
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 18.0
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4. Anhui (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Anhui is an inland province located in East 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 31.75, 118.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 31.75, 118.25
31.75 118.25 Cfa
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6. GeoNames: Ma’anshan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1801620
Quote, cities500 record 1801620
31.68579 118.51008 P PPLA2 CN 01 3405 741531 24 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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