Meishan
Prefecture-level city in Sichuan, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other Chinese places and things that are also transliterated as Meishan but known as 梅山/煤山 natively, see Meishan (disambiguation).
Meishan (Chinese: 眉山; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: [mi˨˩sã˥]; pinyin: Méishān; Wade–Giles: Mei-shan), formerly known as Meizhou (眉州) or Qingzhou (青州), is a prefecture-level city with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Dongpo and Pengshan. Its located in Sichuan province, China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin.
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Meishan
眉山市 | |
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Coordinates (Meishan municipal government): 30°04′38″N 103°50′54″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Sichuan |
Municipal seat | Dongpo District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 7,173.82 km2 (2,769.83 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,796.1 km2 (693.5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,796.1 km2 (693.5 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,955,219 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,232,648 |
• Urban density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,232,648 |
• Metro density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
GDP[2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 103.0 billion US$ 16.5 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 34,380 US$ 5,520 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 620000 |
Area code | 028 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-14 |
Website | www |
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It belonged to Leshan Prefecture before 1997. Then Meishan Prefecture was founded in 1997 upon approval of state council. It was renamed Meishan City in 2000.