Jiaozuo
Jiaozuo (Chinese: 焦作; pinyin: Jiāozuò [tɕjáʊ.tswô]; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi to the north. Jiaozuo is one of the core cities of the Central Plains urban agglomeration and a regional central city along the Shanxi–Henan border area.
Jiaozuo
焦作市 Tsiaotso | |
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Prefecture-level city | |
Top:View of Red Stone Gorge and waterfall in Yuntai Mountain Geological Park, Bottom left:View of Qingling Valley, Bottom upper right:Jiaozuo Sports Stadium, Bottom lower right:Jiaozuo Television Tower and Longyuan Lake | |
Jiaozuo in Henan | |
Jiaozuo Location on the North China Plain Jiaozuo Jiaozuo (China) | |
| Coordinates (Jiaozuo municipal government): 35°12′57″N 113°14′31″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Municipal seat | Jiefang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,000.9 km2 (1,544.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 413.8 km2 (159.8 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 896.3 km2 (346.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| Population (2018 estimation) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,590,700 |
| • Urban | 1,044,400 |
| • Urban density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,424,500 |
| • Metro density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 209.5 billion US$ 31.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 59,183 US$ 8,910 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 454000 |
| Area code | 0391 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HA-08 |
| Major Nationalities | Han, Hui |
| County-level divisions | 10 |
| Township-level divisions | 116 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫H |
| Website | link |
Its population was 3,590,700 as of the 2018 estimate whom 1,424,500 lived in the built-up area made of 4 urban districts (Jiefang, Shanyang, Zhongzhan and Macun) and Bo'ai County largely being urbanized.
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