Tongchuan
Tongchuan
铜川市 Tungchwan | |
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Location of Tongchuan Prefecture within Shaanxi | |
| Coordinates (Tongchuan municipal government): 34°53′49″N 108°56′42″E / 34.897°N 108.945°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Municipal seat | Yaozhou District |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,882 km2 (1,499 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 834,437 |
| • Density | 215.0/km2 (556.7/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | CN¥ 30.7 billion US$ 4.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 36,322 US$ 5,832 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SN-02 |
| Website | tongchuan |
Tongchuan (simplified Chinese: 铜川; traditional Chinese: 銅川; pinyin: Tóngchuān; lit. 'copper river') is a prefecture-level city located in central Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China on the southern fringe of the Loess Plateau that defines the northern half of the province (Shanbei) and the northern reaches of the Guanzhong Plain.