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Yangquan

Shanxi · China
City population
731,228
#225
in China
#7
in Shanxi
#754
worldwide
BeijingYangquan
37.858, 113.563 · 335 km from Beijing
City population
731,228
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#225
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#754
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Yangquan

At 722 m elevation in Shanxi, Yangquan holds a population of 731,228, making it the seventh-largest city in the province. It sits 335 km from Beijing. The city lies within range of Jinzhong (1,226,617 people, 74 km away) and Shijiazhuang (3,938,513 people, 83 km away), though its nearest neighbour by distance is Tianchang at 43 km with a population of 61,292.

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
#225of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Shanxi
#7of 18
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Shanxi
Rank in region
#7of 18
Distance to capital
335 km
to Beijing
Elevation
722 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
37.858, 113.563
Record updated
2025-08-20
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.

43KMTianchang61K people49KMKuangshi28K people55KMSiwei17K people74KMJinzhong1.23M people83KMShijiazhuang3.94M 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. Yangquan731K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yangquan 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
Yangquan731K

Yangquan Population FAQ

What is the population of Yangquan?

Yangquan has a city population of 731,228. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yangquan?

Yangquan is in Shanxi, China, 335 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 37.858, 113.563.

How big is Yangquan compared with other cities in China?

It is the 225th 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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