Bijie
Bijie (simplified Chinese: 毕节; traditional Chinese: 畢節; pinyin: Bìjíe) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.
Bijie
毕节市 Pikieh, Pichieh | |
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Bijie Feixiong Airport | |
Location of Bijie City jurisdiction in Guizhou | |
Bijie Location of the city center in Guizhou Bijie Bijie (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Bijie municipal government): 27°17′02″N 105°17′31″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Municipal seat | Qixingguan District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26,853 km2 (10,368 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,723 m (5,653 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,536,370 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 551700 |
| Area code | 0857 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GZ-05 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 贵F |
| Website | bijie |
The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.
On 10 November 2011, the former Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former county-level city of Bijie was rechristened Qixingguan District.
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