什邡市

Also known as Shifang City

Shifang is a county-level city in Sichuan, China, under administration of Deyang prefecture-level city. It is located directly about from Chengdu. It had an area of and a population of 406,775 in 2020. Shifang has a history stretching back over two thousand years. It suffered heavy damage during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The city was also the scene of a large-scale environmental protest against a copper smelting plant in July 2012.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Shifang
Settlement.settlement_type: County-level city
Settlement.image_map: Location of Shifang within Sichuan (China).png
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Settlement.map_caption: Location of Shifang City (red) within Deyang City (yellow) and Sichuan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sichuan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of the city center in Sichuan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1