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Panzhihua
Sign in to savePanzhihua (), formerly Dukou (), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of , and a population at the 2020 census of 1,212,203. 806,395 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Panzhihua
- Settlement.native_name
- 攀枝花市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.motto
- "花是一座城，城是一朵花" (The flower is a city, the city is a flower)
- Settlement.image_map
- Sichuan subdivisions - Panzhihua.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Panzhihua in Sichuan
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- Panzhihua municipal government
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sichuan
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Dong District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7423.42
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 2010.7
- Settlement.area_metro_km2
- 2010.7
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- History
- Geography and climate
- Hydrology
- Geology
- Archaeology
- Tourism resources
- ''Cycas'' forest
- Ertan Hydropower Station
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Mineral Resources
- Transport
- Education
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Panzhihua (), formerly Dukou (), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of , and a population at the 2020 census of 1,212,203. 806,395 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 3 urban districts.
Its economy relies almost entirely on its giant mine, one of the country's largest. The economy in Panzhihua is mainly centered on natural resource development and heavy-industry. The city grew into a major city for steel production during the Third Front construction. The urban center was built on top of mountainous terrains. In 2005, Panzhihua won the "China Excellent Tourist City" title, in 2008 it won the "National Health City" and the "China Vanadium, Titanium" titles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panzhihua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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