Nanchong

Nanchong
南充市
Nanchung
Nickname: 
The fruit City
Location of Nanchong City jurisdiction in Sichuan
Coordinates (Nanchong Bureau of Civil Affairs (南充市民政局)): 30°47′29″N 106°04′31″E / 30.7913°N 106.0753°E / 30.7913; 106.0753
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Officiated1993
Municipal seatShunqing District
Government
 • Party SecretaryLiu Hongjian
Area
12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,527.8 km2 (976.0 sq mi)
 • Metro
2,527.8 km2 (976.0 sq mi)
Elevation
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
5,607,565
 • Density449.3256/km2 (1,163.748/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,936,534
 • Urban density766.09/km2 (1,984.2/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,936,534
 • Metro density766.09/km2 (1,984.2/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level cityCN¥ 151.6 billion
US$ 24.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 23,881
US$ 3,834
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
637000
Area code0817
ISO 3166 codeCN-SC-13
Licence plate prefixes川R
Websitenanchong.gov.cn

30°50′14″N 106°06′38″E / 30.8372°N 106.1106°E / 30.8372; 106.1106

Nanchong (Chinese: 南充; pinyin: Nánchōng; Wade–Giles: Nan-ch'ung; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi). At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of three urban districts. It is the second most populated city of Sichuan Province, after Chengdu. The administrative center is Shunqing District. At the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 5.489 million, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous year. The resident population of urban areas is 2.949 million, and the resident population of rural areas is 2.54 million. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 53.73%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points over the previous year. At the end of the year, the registered population of the city was 6.977 million, a decrease of 55,000 compared with the end of the previous year.