Twelve Chinese Cities from Qiqihar to Beihai in Order of Recorded Latitude, North to South

Recorded latitude 47.340 degrees north, the northernmost stop. Qiqihar is the second-largest city in Heilongjiang province, in the west-central part of the province. Its prefecture-level population was 4,067,489 at the 2020 census, and the Zhalong Nature Reserve near the city is known for its red-crowned cranes.

Recorded latitude 42.255 degrees north. Chifeng is a prefecture-level city in south eastern Inner Mongolia, bordered by Xilin Gol League to the north and west and by Chengde in Hebei province to the south. It had a population of about 4 million at the 2020 census, and it was formerly the administrative center of the Ju Ud League.

Recorded latitude 40.665 degrees north. Yingkou is a coastal prefecture-level city in central southern Liaoning province, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It had a population of 2,328,582 at the 2020 census and borders the sub-provincial city of Dalian to the south.

Recorded latitude 39.520 degrees north. Langfang is a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, situated roughly midway between Beijing and Tianjin. It was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973 and was upgraded to a full prefecture-level city in 1988; the 2020 census recorded 5,464,087 people.

Recorded latitude 38.935 degrees north. Zhangye is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province, formerly romanized as Changyeh and known historically as Kanchow. It borders Inner Mongolia to the north and Qinghai to the south, and its central district, Ganzhou, served as an important frontier outpost during the Western Xia period.

Recorded latitude 34.330 degrees north. Xianyang is a prefecture-level city in central Shaanxi province, on the Wei River a few kilometers upstream from the provincial capital Xi an. The old city of Xianyang served as the capital of the Qin dynasty, making it the first imperial capital of China.

Recorded latitude 32.211 degrees north. Zhenjiang is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal, opposite Yangzhou. It was formerly the provincial capital of Jiangsu, had 3,210,418 people at the 2020 census, and is best known for Chinkiang vinegar, a fragrant black vinegar.

Recorded latitude 31.334 degrees north. Wuhu is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River and about 90 kilometers southwest of Nanjing. A growing conurbation between Nanjing, Ma'anshan and Wuhu comprises over 10.66 million inhabitants.

Recorded latitude 30.324 degrees north. Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, on the Yangtze River. The ancient city of Ying within its present boundaries served as the capital of the state of Chu for more than four centuries beginning in 689 BC, and the city preserves walls dating to 1646 with a perimeter of over ten kilometers.

Recorded latitude 27.705 degrees north. Zunyi is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north. The whole prefecture of fourteen county-level areas had 6,606,675 people at the 2020 census.

Recorded latitude 24.801 degrees north. Shaoguan is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, bordering Hunan and Jiangxi, where the Wu and Zhen rivers meet to form the North River. It was the temporary capital of Guangdong during the Second World War, and it is home to Nanhua Temple and to Mount Danxia, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Recorded latitude 21.467 degrees north, the southernmost stop. Beihai is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin. Its seaport has made it a historically important point of international trade linking several inland provinces to the sea.