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Tonghua

City population
510,000
#285
in China
#4
in Jilin
#1,120
worldwide
BeijingTonghua
41.720, 125.926 · 826 km from Beijing
City population
510,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#285
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,120
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.0%
of the national population

About Tonghua

China's 285th-largest city by population, Tonghua holds 510,000 residents and ranks fourth within Jilin province. The city lies 826 km from Beijing. Erdaojiang, a city of 60,831, stands 11 km away; Baishan, with 183,880 residents, is 48 km distant.

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
#285of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jilin
#4of 51
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 51
Distance to capital
to Beijing
Elevation
375 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
41.720, 125.926
Record updated
2018-12-06
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.
Tonghua 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
Tonghua510K

Tonghua Population FAQ

What is the population of Tonghua?

Tonghua has a city population of 510,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Tonghua?

Tonghua is in Jilin, China, 826 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 41.720, 125.926.

How big is Tonghua compared with other cities in China?

It is the 285th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.

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