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Jiaozuo

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Also known as Shanyang

Jiaozuo ( ; 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Jiaozuo
Settlement.other_name
Tsiaotso
Settlement.native_name
焦作市
Settlement.native_name_lang
zh
Settlement.settlement_type
Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_map
ChinaHenanJiaozuo.png
Settlement.map_caption
Jiaozuo in Henan
Settlement.pushpin_map
China Northern Plain#China
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location on the North China Plain
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Henan
Settlement.seat_type
Municipal seat
Settlement.seat
Jiefang District
Settlement.area_total_km2
4000.9
Settlement.area_urban_km2
413.8
Settlement.area_metro_km2
896.3

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
焦作市
Country
China
Located in
Henan
Population
3521078
Area
3972.58
Elevation
139
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Shares border with
Xinxiang
Official website
www.jiaozuo.gov.cn
Image
China Jiaozuo.png
Dialing code
0391
Licence plate code
豫H
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Commons category
Jiaozuo
topic's main category
Category:Jiaozuo
twinned administrative body
Cologne
postal code
454150
category of associated people
Category:People from Jiaozuo
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administration
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Economy
  • Agriculture
  • Population
  • Transport
  • Train
  • Automobile
  • Education
  • Tourism
  • Urban area
  • Administrative region
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Jiaozuo ( ; 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.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jiaozuo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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