Bijie

Bijie (simplified Chinese: 毕节; traditional Chinese: 畢節; pinyin: Bìjíe) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.

Bijie
毕节市
Pikieh, Pichieh
Prefecture-level city
Bijie Feixiong Airport
Location of Bijie City jurisdiction in Guizhou
Bijie
Location of the city center in Guizhou
Bijie
Bijie (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Bijie municipal government): 27°17′02″N 105°17′31″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuizhou
Municipal seatQixingguan District
Area
  Total26,853 km2 (10,368 sq mi)
Elevation
1,723 m (5,653 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total6,536,370
  Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
GDP
  TotalCN¥ 202 billion
US$ 29.3 billion
  Per capitaCN¥ 29,295
US$ 4,247
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
551700
Area code0857
ISO 3166 codeCN-GZ-05
Licence plate prefixes贵F
Websitebijie.gov.cn

The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.

On 10 November 2011, the former Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former county-level city of Bijie was rechristened Qixingguan District.

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