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Anqing

Anhui · China
City population
804,493
#210
in China
#10
in Anhui
#690
worldwide
BeijingAnqing
30.514, 117.047 · 1,046 km from Beijing
City population
804,493
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#210
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#690
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Anqing

Ranked #690 in the world by city population, Anqing holds 804,493 residents in Anhui province, making it the tenth-largest city in the region. It sits 1,046 km from Beijing and at an elevation of 19 m above sea level. Chizhou, with a population of 615,274, lies 44 km away; four other cities of 55,500 to 402,062 residents cluster within 85–99 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#210of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Anhui
#10of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Anhui
Rank in region
#10of 35
Distance to capital
1,046 km
to Beijing
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.514, 117.047
Record updated
2021-10-18
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

44KMChizhou615K people83KMLucheng89K people84KMPengze350K people85KMTongling402K people99KMQishan56K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Anqing804K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Anqing compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Anqing804K

Anqing Population FAQ

What is the population of Anqing?

Anqing has a city population of 804,493. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Anqing?

Anqing is in Anhui, China, 1,046 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.514, 117.047.

How big is Anqing compared with other cities in China?

It is the 210th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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