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Nanchong

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Locality: 荆溪街道
Region: 四川省
Country: 中国
Population: 1,858,875
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

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Settlement.blank_name: Licence plate prefixes
Settlement.name: Nanchong
Settlement.native_name: 南充市
Settlement.native_name_lang: zh
Settlement.nickname: The fruit City
Settlement.settlement_type: Prefecture-level city
Settlement.image_skyline: Nanchong night.jpg
Settlement.image_map: Sichuan subdivisions - Nanchong.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Nanchong City jurisdiction in Sichuan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name: People's Republic of China
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sichuan
Settlement.seat_type: Municipal seat
Settlement.seat: Shunqing District
Settlement.leader_title: Party Secretary
Settlement.leader_name: Liu Hongjian
Settlement.established_title: Officiated

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Wikidata facts

Official name: 南充市
Population: 5607565
Area: 12482.05
Elevation: 340
Official website: www.nanchong.gov.cn
Image: Nanchong night.jpg
Dialing code: 0817
Licence plate code: 川R

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Commons category: Nanchong
postal code: 637000
hashtag: Nanchong
nickname: la Ciudad de las Frutas

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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.

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Nanchong also has a lot of department stores, even if you don't buy anything, just walk around and see, it is also a kind of enjoyment.

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Nanchong, as a prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province, has rich food culture and unique local characteristics. Here, you can taste many unique Nanchong characteristics of the food, such as Guokui Pot noodles, Zhang Fei ox head, Yingshan duck and so on. Next, I will introduce some food in Nanchong for you, so that you can better understand the food culture of the city. 250px|thumb|Sichuan Guokui thumb|Zhangcha Duck at Restaurant Zen, Qianmen (20211008185323)

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Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . 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.

==History== Nanchong was in the territory of the state of Ba before it was conquered by the Qin in 314 BC. The Qin set up an administrative center at modern Langzhong County-level City. Anhan City was established in Shunqinq district at the beginning of the Han dynasty.