Qujing
Qujing (Chinese: 曲靖; pinyin: Qǔjìng) is a prefecture-level city in the east of Yunnan province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the east and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the southeast; thus, it was called "Key between Yunnan and Guizhou" (滇黔锁钥) and "Throat of Yunnan" (云南咽喉) in the past. It is part of the Central Yunnan Metropolitan Region plan (滇中城市群规划) in effect for 2016–49. Its administrative population is 6,047,000 according to a 2015 estimate, of whom, 1,408,500 reside in the metro area, which contains Qilin District, Zhanyi District and Malong District. During the 11th National Five-Year Plan period, the government of Qujing planned to develop the city into the "big city at the origin of the Pearl River" (珠江源大城市) in the following decades, including increasing the built-up urban area to past 100 km2 (39 sq mi) and the urban population to surpass 1 million by 2020, the second in Yunnan, after Kunming.
Qujing
曲靖市 Kutsing | |
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Urban skyline, South City Gate Jingning Pagoda, Zhujiangyuan Square | |
Location of Qujing in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates (Qujing municipal government): 25°29′28″N 103°47′46″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Admin HQ | Qilin |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | Li Wenrong |
| • Mayor | Dong Baotong |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 29,855 km2 (11,527 sq mi) |
| • Urban (2018) | 148 km2 (57 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,442 km2 (557 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,873 m (6,145 ft) |
| Population (2018 estimation) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 6,155,400 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,432,500 |
| • Urban density | 9,700/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,432,500 |
| • Metro density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 655000 |
| Area code | 0874 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-YN-03 |
| Website | www |