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Songyuan

Eastern Asia

Songyuan is a prefecture-level city in west-central Jilin province, China, covering about 22,034 square kilometers at the meeting point of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, incorporated as a city in 1992. The 2010 census recorded 2,881,082 residents, with an urban population of 495,900 in 2017; the city lies within a major corn-growing region known as the Golden Corn Belt and hosts the Jilin Oil Field, ranked the sixth largest land-based oil field in the country, along with Songyuan Port, the largest inland river port in Jilin province, and Chagan Lake, one of the ten largest freshwater lakes in China.

Facts
Population
2,252,994 1
Area (sq km)
21,169.77 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
133 1
Latitude
45.1388 degrees north 1
Longitude
124.808 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Continental 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Songyuan (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 2,252,994 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 45.1388, longitude 124.808
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 133 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 21169.77 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 2252994 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Songyuan - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2035399
    45.12902 124.82769 P PPLA2 CN 05 2207 6587792 113611 134 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 134 m
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3. Jilin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGeography section
Quote, Geography section
Jilin is landlocked.
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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 45.25, 124.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 124.75
45.25 124.75 Dwa
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
Songyuan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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