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Xinzhou
Sign in to saveXinzhou, ancient name Xiurong (), is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei to the east, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. As of 2022, the city has a permanent population of 2,655,563.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xinzhou
- Settlement.native_name
- 忻州市
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- zh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Foguang Temple 3.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Foguang Temple in Wutai County
- Settlement.image_map
- Location of Xinzhou Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Xinzhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Shanxi
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 240
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city centre in Shanxi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Shanxi
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County-level divisions
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 14
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- 忻州市
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Shanxi
- Contains
- Baode County
- Population
- 2689668
- Area
- 25151.55
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Hohhot
- Official website
- www.sxxz.gov.cn
- Image
- 五台之晨.jpg
- Dialing code
- 350
- Licence plate code
- 晋H
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- topic's main category
- Category:Xinzhou
- Commons category
- Xinzhou
- postal code
- 034000
- inception
- 2000-06-14
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Xinzhou
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Administrative divisions
- Climate
- Demographics
- Tourism
- Education
- Transportation
- References
- External links
Xinzhou, ancient name Xiurong (), is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei to the east, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the northwest. As of 2022, the city has a permanent population of 2,655,563.
==Administrative divisions== thumb|Map including Xin County (labeled as HSIN-HSIEN (SINHSIEN) (walled)) (Army Map Service|AMS, 1956)As of 2024, there are 14 county-level administrative divisions under jurisdiction of Xinzhou, including 1 district, 1 county-level city, and 12 counties. The details of those county-level administrative divisions are as follows: {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" align=center !colspan=7 align="center" | Map |- |colspan=7 align="center" |
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xinzhou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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