🇨🇳 Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. The centre is the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. The built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.
History Lingshi County was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
In 1999, the area was considered sufficiently urbanized that Jinzhong Prefecture became a prefecture-level city, with its former seat at Yuci becoming its county-level Yuci District.
Administrative divisions Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
Transport • Taiyuan–Jiaozuo Railway.
Culture The prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan.
Demographics According to the Seventh National Census in 2020, the city’s Permanent Population (hukou) was 3,379,498, with males accounting for 50.89% and females for 49.11%. In the age structure, 16.42% are aged 0–14, 64.62% are aged 15–59, 18.96% are over 60, and 12.99% are over 65.
Jinzhong has a population of over 1,226,617 people. Jinzhong also forms the centre of the wider Jinzhong prefecture which has a population of over 5,433,659 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Jinzhong has links with:
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🇺🇸 San Francisco 37.68
🇨🇳 Yanshi Chengguanzhen 112.79
🇨🇳 Yuci District 112.85
Locations Near: Jinzhong 112.753,37.688
🇨🇳 Yuci District 112.85,37.617 d: 11.7
🇨🇳 Xinzhou 112.734,38.416 d: 81
🇨🇳 Yangquan 113.58,37.857 d: 75.1
🇨🇳 Fenyang 111.77,37.262 d: 98.9
🇨🇳 Changzhi 113.1,36.183 d: 170.2
Antipodal to: Jinzhong -67.247,-37.688
🇦🇷 General Roca -67.575,-39.027 d: 19863.5
🇦🇷 Cipolletti -67.987,-38.929 d: 19862.8
🇦🇷 Neuquén -68.052,-38.926 d: 19860.6
🇦🇷 Neuquén City -68.064,-38.953 d: 19857.4
🇦🇷 Choele Choel -65.683,-39.267 d: 19793
🇦🇷 Santa Rosa -64.283,-36.617 d: 19726.7
🇦🇷 San Rafael -68.333,-34.6 d: 19658.1
🇦🇷 Parera -64.502,-35.147 d: 19640.7
🇦🇷 General Pico -63.733,-35.667 d: 19629.5
🇦🇷 Villa Mercedes -65.467,-33.667 d: 19539.9