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Tongling

Eastern Asia

Tongling, whose name means Copper Hillock, is a prefecture-level city and river port on the Yangtze River in southern Anhui province, China, bordering Wuhu, Chizhou and Anqing. At the 2020 census its population was 1,311,726 across an area of 2,982 square kilometers, with 842,675 people in its built-up metro area, and the asteroid 12418 Tongling was named after the city. 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
1,311,726 1
Area (sq km)
2922.6 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Latitude
30.945556 degrees north 1
Longitude
117.811389 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Sources
1. Tongling (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 1,311,726 (2020)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 30.945556, longitude 117.811389
  • P2046 (area)
    area 2922.6 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 1311726 (2020)
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2. GeoNames: Tongling - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1792621
    30.95 117.78333 P PPLA3 CN 01 3407 402062 7 Asia/Shanghai
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 7 m
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3. Anhui (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
Quote, Lead
Anhui is an inland province located in East 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 30.75, 117.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 117.75
30.75 117.75 Cfa
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Tongling (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Tongling (simplified Chinese: 铜陵; traditional Chinese: 銅陵; pinyin: Tónglíng; Wade-Giles: T'ung-ling; lit. 'Copper Hillock') is a prefecture-level city in southern Anhui province of China.
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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Wikidata: China
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for China, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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