What is the population of Wuwei?
Wuwei has a city population of 1,010,295. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Wuwei
Fourth among Gansu's 127 cities, Wuwei holds a population of 1,010,295. At 1,542 m elevation, it lies 1,210 km from Beijing. Jinchang, with 228,561 residents, is the nearest major city at 74 km away; four smaller settlements cluster within 117 km.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 127
Elevation
1,542 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
37.927, 102.632
Record updated
2021-12-17
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 ChinaClosest 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.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Wuwei | 1.01M |
Wuwei Population FAQ
Where is Wuwei?
Wuwei is in Gansu, China, 1,210 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 37.927, 102.632.
How big is Wuwei compared with other cities in China?
It is the 171st largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.