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Zaozhuang

Shandong · China
City population
899,753
#194
in China
#14
in Shandong
#621
worldwide
BeijingZaozhuang
34.865, 117.554 · 570 km from Beijing
City population
899,753
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#194
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#621
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Zaozhuang

Ranked #621 in the world by city population, Zaozhuang has 899,753 residents in its city proper, making it the 194th largest city in China and the 14th largest in Shandong. Located 570 km from Beijing, the city sits at 79 m elevation. Several smaller cities lie nearby: Taozhuang is 20 km away with 60,137 residents, while Shanting at 25 km has 80,843.

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
#194of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Shandong
#14of 177
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Shandong
Rank in region
#14of 177
Distance to capital
570 km
to Beijing
Elevation
79 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
34.865, 117.554
Record updated
2021-10-18
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.

20KMTaozhuang60K people25KMShanting81K people40KMLiguo55K people41KMXiazhen126K people41KMChengtangcun105K 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. Zaozhuang900K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Zaozhuang 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
Zaozhuang900K

Zaozhuang Population FAQ

What is the population of Zaozhuang?

Zaozhuang has a city population of 899,753. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Zaozhuang?

Zaozhuang is in Shandong, China, 570 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 34.865, 117.554.

How big is Zaozhuang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 194th 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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