Leshan
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Leshan 乐山市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
A view of Leshan
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 Location of Leshan City jurisdiction in Sichuan |
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| Coordinates: 29°34′N 103°46′E / 29.567°N 103.767°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| County-level divisions | 4 Counties, 2 Autonomous Counties, 1 County-level city and 4 Districts |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 12,827.49 km2 (4,952.72 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,918.5 km2 (740.7 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 836.1 km2 (322.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,235,759 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,162,080 |
| • Urban density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 662,814 |
| • Metro density | 790/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 614000 |
| Area code(s) | +86 (0)0833 |
| Licence Plate Prefixes | 川L |
| Website | leshan.gov.cn |
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"Leshan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lèshān |
| Wade–Giles | Le4-shan1 |
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[lɤ̂ʂán] (locally) [nʊʔ˧sã˥] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Lohk-sāan |
| Jyutping | Lok6-saan1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Lo̍k-san |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiādìng |
| Wade–Giles | Chia-ting |
Leshan, formerly known as Jiading, is a prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers in Sichuan Province, China. Leshan is located on the southwestern fringe of the Red Basin in southern Sichuan, about 120 km (75 mi) from Chengdu. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,235,759 whom 662,814 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Shizhong district, as Wutongqiao and Jinkouhe districts are not conurbated yet.
In 1996, the Mount Emei Scenic Area, including the Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest stone-carved buddha in the world, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Mount Emei is located within the county-level city of Emeishan, which is under the administrative jurisdiction of Leshan.
The ancestral home of Chinese writer, academic and politician Guo Moruo is preserved in the Shawan District of Leshan.
The Leshan dialect, part of the Southern linguistic system, is very different from the dialects of other cities in the province of Sichuan, which belong to the Northern system. Some researchers say the pronunciation of Leshan dialect represents an archaic form of Chinese pronunciation.
Falling into the Sichuan cuisine family, Leshan is noted for its food culture in that it has all the street food from its surrounding areas, which has made it the one-stop street food city. Typical specialties include:
There is a passenger rail line that serves the Mianyang–Chengdu–Leshan inter-city area.
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