Jinzhong
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Jinzhong 晋中市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
Old town of Pingyao
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 Jinzhong (red) in Shanxi (orange) |
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 Jinzhong
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| Coordinates: 37°41′N 112°44′E / 37.683°N 112.733°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| Municipal seat | Yuci District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Jinzhong Secretary | Zhang Pu (张 璞) |
| • Mayor | Wu Qinghai (吴清海) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 16,408 km2 (6,335 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,327 km2 (512 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,780 km2 (1,070 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,249,425 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 635,651 |
| • Metro density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 030600 |
| Area code(s) | 0354 |
| Licence plates | 晋K |
| Administrative division code | 140700 |
| ISO 3166-2 | CN-14-07 |
| Website | http://www.sxjz.gov.cn/ |
Jinzhong (simplified Chinese: 晋中; traditional Chinese: 晉中; pinyin: Jìnzhōng) is a prefecture-level city with 3,249,425 inhabitants at the 2010 census in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
Before 1999, what is now Jinzhong was Jinzhong Prefecture, with its capital at the county-level city of Yuci (Chinese: 榆次; pinyin: Yúcì; Wade–Giles: Yu-tz'u). In 1999, Jinzhong Prefecture became Jinzhong Prefecture-level City, and Yuci County-level City became Yuci District (a county-level district). Yuci district is now part of Taiyuan built up area home to 3,848,151 inhabitants in 2010.
Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
Lingshi County was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
The prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
Coordinates: 37°41′N 112°44′E / 37.683°N 112.733°E
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