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Meishan

Eastern Asia

Meishan, formerly known as Meizhou or Qingzhou, is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of the Sichuan Basin in Sichuan province, China, with 2,955,219 inhabitants at the 2020 census, of whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up area formed by the districts of Dongpo and Pengshan.

Facts
Population
2,955,219 1
Area (sq km)
7139.86 1
Founding Year
1997 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
30.05746 degrees north 1
Longitude
103.83806 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Meishan (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1997-05-30T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 2,955,219 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 30.05746, longitude 103.83806
  • P2046 (area)
    area 7139.86 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 2955219 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Meishan - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1800818
    30.04392 103.83696 P PPLA2 CN 32 5114 1107742 423 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 423 m
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3. Sichuan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Sichuan is an inland province in Southwestern China.
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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 30.25, 103.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.25, 103.75
30.25 103.75 Cwa
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Meishan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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