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Meishan

Meishan
眉山市
Prefecture-level city
Bao'en Temple, Meishan
Bao'en Temple, Meishan
Location of Meishan in Sichuan
Location of Meishan in Sichuan
Country People's Republic of China
Province Sichuan
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 620000
Area code(s) 028
Website ms.gov.cn

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 / 30.055; 103.834


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