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Xiangyang

Eastern Asia

Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China, divided north and south by the Han River. Known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010, the municipality was formed from the once-separate cities of Fancheng and Xiangyang (Xiangcheng) and includes one of the oldest still-intact city walls in China. According to the 2020 census the municipality had a population of 5,260,951, with 2,319,640 in the urban area, across 19,724.41 square kilometers.

Facts
Population
5,260,951 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
No 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 5
Sources
1. Xiangyang (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
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population 5,260,951 (2020)
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2. Xiangyang (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China.
  • Infobox: elevation_m
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  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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3. Hubei (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead
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the third-largest among inland provinces
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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 32.25, 112.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, 112.25
32.25 112.25 Cfa
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5. GeoNames: Xiangyang - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1790587, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)
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32.0422 112.14479 P PPLA2 CN 12 4206 1294733 71 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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