Shuozhou
Shuozhou
朔州市 | |
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The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, Ying County, built in 1056. | |
Location of Shuozhou City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
Shuozhou Shuozhou city center in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Shuozhou municipal government): 39°19′54″N 112°25′58″E / 39.3317°N 112.4329°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Municipal seat | Shuocheng District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Shuozhou Secretary | Wang Maoshe (王茂设) |
| • Mayor | LI Zhengyin (李正印) |
| Area | |
| 10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 176.00 km2 (67.95 sq mi) |
| • Districts | 4,093.7 km2 (1,580.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| 1,714,857 | |
| • Density | 160.84/km2 (416.57/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 433,700 |
| • Districts | 745,000 |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 110 billion US$ 17.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 69,152 US$ 11,064 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 036000 |
| Area code | 0349 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-06 |
| Licence plates | 晋F |
| Administrative division code | 140600 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 朔州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Seat of Shuo Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Mayi | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬邑 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马邑 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Horse Town | ||||||||
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Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River. The prefecture as a whole has an area of about 10,662 km2 (4,117 sq mi) and, in 2010, a population of about 1.71 million.