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Pingxiang

Jiangxi · China
City population
893,550
#195
in China
#7
in Jiangxi
#624
worldwide
BeijingPingxiang
27.617, 113.854 · 1,387 km from Beijing
City population
893,550
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#195
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#624
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Pingxiang

China's 195th-largest city by population, Pingxiang holds 893,550 residents and ranks seventh in Jiangxi province. It lies 1,387 km from Beijing and sits at low elevation of 167 m. Several substantially larger cities neighbour Pingxiang: Guankou stands 64 km away with 1,380,000 residents, Zhuzhou lies 73 km distant with 1,129,687, and Yichun is 59 km off with 1,045,952.

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
#195of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jiangxi
#7of 29
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Jiangxi
Rank in region
#7of 29
Distance to capital
1,387 km
to Beijing
Elevation
167 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
27.617, 113.854
Record updated
2021-10-20
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.

35KMXishan98K people59KMYichun1.05M people64KMGuankou1.38M people73KMZhuzhou1.13M people83KMFenyi58K 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. Pingxiang894K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Pingxiang 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
Pingxiang894K

Pingxiang Population FAQ

What is the population of Pingxiang?

Pingxiang has a city population of 893,550. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Pingxiang?

Pingxiang is in Jiangxi, China, 1,387 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 27.617, 113.854.

How big is Pingxiang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 195th 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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