Lüliang
Lüliang
吕梁市 Lvliang, Lyuliang | |
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Location of Lüliang City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
Lüliang Location of the city centre in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Lüliang municipal government): 37°31′08″N 111°08′40″E / 37.5190°N 111.1445°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 1 District 2 county-level cities 10 counties |
| Municipal seat | Lishi District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Secretary | Sun Dajun (孙大军) |
| • Mayor | Xiong Yizhi (熊义志) (Acting) |
| Area | |
| 21,143 km2 (8,163 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,323 km2 (511 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,323 km2 (511 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 952 m (3,123 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 3,398,431 | |
| • Density | 160.74/km2 (416.30/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 456,355 |
| • Urban density | 344.9/km2 (893.4/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 456,355 |
| • Metro density | 344.9/km2 (893.4/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 153.8 billion US$ 24.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 45,256 US$ 7,241 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 033000 |
| Area code | 0358 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-11 |
| Licence plates | 晋J |
| Administrative division code | 141100 |
| Website | www |
Lüliang (simplified Chinese: 吕梁; traditional Chinese: 呂梁; pinyin: Lǚliáng), also spelled as Lvliang or Lyuliang, is a prefecture-level city in western Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east, Linfen to the south, and Xinzhou to the north. It has a total area of 21,143 square kilometres (8,163 sq mi) and a total population of 3,398,431 inhabitants according to the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 456,355 lived in the Lishi District metropolitan or built-up area.