Xinxiang
Xinxiang (simplified Chinese: 新乡; traditional Chinese: 新鄉; pinyin: Xīnxiāng [ɕín.ɕjáŋ]; postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China.
Xinxiang
新乡市 Sinsiang | |
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Xinxiang's location in Henan province | |
Xinxiang Location on the North China Plain Xinxiang Xinxiang (China) | |
| Coordinates (Xinxiang municipal government): 35°18′13″N 113°55′36″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Municipal seat | Hongqi District |
| Government | |
| • Party Chief | Li Weidong(李卫东) |
| • Mayor | Wei Jianping(魏建平) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 8,629 km2 (3,332 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 431 km2 (166 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,390 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census for total, 2018 otherwise) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 6,251,929 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,179,400 |
| • Urban density | 2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,743,200 |
| • Metro density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0373 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-07 |
| GDP | ¥238.48 billion (2017) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫G |
| Website | www |
It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi and Shandong to its northwest and east respectively.
Its total population was 6,251,929 as of the 2020 Chinese Census. As of the 2018 estimation, 2,743,200 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 4 urban districts (Weibin, Hongqi, Muye, Fenquan), Yanjin county, Xinxiang county and Huixian City which are now being conurbated as the city is expanding very quickly.
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