Sanmenxia
Sanmenxia (simplified Chinese: 三门峡; traditional Chinese: 三門峽; pinyin: Sānménxiá; postal: Sanmenhsia) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Henan Province, China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Henan, Sanmenxia borders Luoyang to the east, Nanyang to the southeast, Shaanxi Province to the west and Shanxi Province to the north. The city lies on the south side of the Yellow River at the point where the river cuts through the Loess Plateau on its way to the North China Plain.
Sanmenxia
三门峡市 Sanmenhsia | |
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Location of Sanmenxia City jurisdiction in Henan | |
Sanmenxia Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Sanmenxia government): 34°46′24″N 111°12′01″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Municipal seat | Hubin District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 10,475 km2 (4,044 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,814.3 km2 (700.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,995.3 km2 (1,156.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 376 m (1,234 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 2,034,872 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 615,220 |
| • Urban density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 820,300 |
| • Metro density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 472000 |
| Area code | (0)398 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-12 |
| GDP | 70.6 billion RMB (10.8 billion USD) |
| Major Ethnicities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫M |
| Website | smx |
As of the 2020 census, it was home to 2,034,872 inhabitants of which 820,300 lived in the built-up area made of Hubin, Shanzhou urban districts and Pinglu County in neighboring Shanxi (205,080 inhabitants), now within the agglomeration.
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