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Shangyu

City population
770,000
#216
in China
#15
in Zhejiang
#716
worldwide
BeijingShangyu
30.016, 120.871 · 1,173 km from Beijing
Share of China
0.1%
Of the national population
Elevation
13 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Beijing
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
IANA zone identifier

About Shangyu

Positioned 1,173 km from Beijing, Shangyu is home to 770,000 people and ranks 15th among Zhejiang's 40 cities. The city sits within a cluster of larger urban centres: Shaoxing, with 2.3 million residents, lies 28 km away, while Cixi (1.46 million) is 40 km distant. Lianghu, a city of 155,000, is only 4 km away.

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
#216of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Zhejiang
#15of 40
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#15of 40
Coordinates
30.016, 120.871
Record updated
19 September 2021
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.
Shangyu 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
Shangyu770K

Shangyu Population FAQ

What is the population of Shangyu?

Shangyu has a city population of 770,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Shangyu?

Shangyu is in Zhejiang, China, 1,173 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.016, 120.871.

How big is Shangyu compared with other cities in China?

It is the 216th largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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