Meishan 眉山市 |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Bao'en Temple, Meishan
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Location of Meishan in Sichuan |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Sichuan |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 620000 |
Area code(s) | 028 |
Website | ms |
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 more than 3,000,000 inhabitants in Sichuan province of China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin.
It belonged to Leshan City before 1997. Then Meishan Prefecture was founded in 1997 upon approval of state council. It became Meishan City in 2000. Meishan is the seat of Meishan prefecture.
It has 2 county-level district and 4 counties.
Coordinates: 30°03′18″N 103°50′02″E / 30.055°N 103.834°E