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Qinhuangdao

Hebei · China
City population
759,718
#219
in China
#8
in Hebei
#727
worldwide
BeijingQinhuangdao
39.941, 119.589 · 272 km from Beijing
City population
759,718
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#219
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#727
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Qinhuangdao

Sitting at 2 m above sea level in Hebei, this city holds a population of 759,718, ranking eighth within the province and 219th among China's listed cities. It lies 272 km from Beijing. Shanhaiguan, a city of 140,000, stands 16 km away; Changli (64,476) is 45 km distant, with Tangjiazhuang (79,489) and Linxi (100,316) each roughly 100 km off.

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
#219of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Hebei
#8of 40
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Hebei
Rank in region
#8of 40
Distance to capital
272 km
to Beijing
Elevation
2 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.941, 119.589
Record updated
2024-08-12
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.

16KMShanhaiguan140K people45KMChangli64K people100KMTangjiazhuang79K people100KMGuye41K people101KMLinxi100K 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. Qinhuangdao760K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Qinhuangdao 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
Qinhuangdao760K

Qinhuangdao Population FAQ

What is the population of Qinhuangdao?

Qinhuangdao has a city population of 759,718. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Qinhuangdao?

Qinhuangdao is in Hebei, China, 272 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 39.941, 119.589.

How big is Qinhuangdao compared with other cities in China?

It is the 219th 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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