Tongren

Tongren () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, located within a tobacco planting and crop agricultural area. Tongren was known as Tongren Prefecture () until November 2011, when it was converted into a prefecture-level city. By the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, Tongren City will have a permanent population of 3.1615 million and a registered population of 4.494 million.

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Settlement.name: Tongren
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.other_name: Tungjen
Settlement.native_name: 铜仁市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh-Hans
Settlement.image_skyline: 碧江区夜景.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Location of Tongren Prefecture within Guizhou (China).png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tongren City jurisdiction in Guizhou
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Guizhou
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Bijiang District
Settlement.area_total_km2: 18014
Settlement.population_as_of: 2020
Settlement.population_total: 3298468
Settlement.demographics_type2: GDP

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Official name: 铜仁市
Population: 3298468
Area: 18013.52
Official website: www.tongren.gov.cn
Image: 碧江区夜景.jpg
Licence plate code: 贵D

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postal code: 554000–554999
Commons category: Tongren

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Tongren City borders Hunan to the east and Chongqing to the north, and is known as the "Gateway to Eastern Guizhou". The city covers an area of 18,000 square kilometers, and has jurisdiction over 2 districts, 8 counties, 8 provincial economic development zones, 2 provincial high-tech industrial development zones, and 1 provincial health and medicine industry demonstration zone.