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Shuozhou

For the county in North Korea's North Pyongan Province with the same Chinese name, see Sakchu County.
Shuozhou
朔州市
Prefecture-level city
The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Ying County, built in 1056.
The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Ying County, built in 1056.
Location of Shuozhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Location of Shuozhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
Shuozhou is located in Shanxi
Shuozhou
Shuozhou
Shuozhou city center in Shanxi
Coordinates (Shuozhou municipal government): 39°19′54″N 112°25′58″E / 39.3317°N 112.4329°E / 39.3317; 112.4329
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
County-level divisions6
Municipal seatShuocheng District
Government
 • TypePrefecture-level city
 • CPC Shuozhou SecretaryWang Maoshe (王茂设)
 • MayorLI Zhengyin (李正印)
Area
 • Prefecture-level city10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi)
 • Urban
[1]
176.00 km2 (67.95 sq mi)
 • Districts[1]4,093.7 km2 (1,580.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Prefecture-level city1,714,857
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
 • Urban
[1]
433,700
 • Districts[1]
745,000
GDP[3]
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 110 billion
US$ 17.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 69,152
US$ 11,064
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
036000
Area code0349
ISO 3166 codeCN-SX-06
Licence plates晋F
Administrative division code140600
Websitewww.shuozhou.gov.cn
Shuozhou
Chinese朔州
Literal meaningSeat of Shuo Prefecture
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShuòzhōu
Wade–GilesShuo-chou
Former names
Mayi
Traditional Chinese馬邑
Simplified Chinese马邑
Literal meaningHorse Town
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎyì
Wade–GilesMa-i

Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about 10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi) and, in 2010, a population of about 1.71 million.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b 朔州市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报（Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China）. National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ^ 山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 (December 2021). 《山西统计年鉴－2021》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7824-7.

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