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Qingyang

City population
2,125,400
#63
in China
#2
in Gansu
#190
worldwide
BeijingQingyang
35.710, 107.645 · 899 km from Beijing
City population
2,125,400
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#63
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#190
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.2%
of the national population

About Qingyang

At 899 km from Beijing, Qingyang is the second-largest city in Gansu with a population of 2,125,400. The city sits at an elevation of 1,427 m. Pingliang, with 504,848 residents, lies 89 km away; Guyuan (411,854 people, 127 km distant) and Tongchuan (417,740 people, 149 km distant) are also nearby.

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
#63of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Gansu
#2of 127
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 127
Distance to capital
to Beijing
Elevation
1,427 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
35.710, 107.645
Record updated
2025-08-18
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.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

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

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Qingyang 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
Qingyang2.13M

Qingyang Population FAQ

What is the population of Qingyang?

Qingyang has a city population of 2,125,400. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Qingyang?

Qingyang is in Gansu, China, 899 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 35.710, 107.645.

How big is Qingyang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 63rd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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