What is the population of Zhangye?
Zhangye has a city population of 507,433. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Zhangye
The fifth-largest city in Gansu, Zhangye has a population of 507,433. It sits 1,372 km from Beijing and 1,481 m above sea level. Jinchang, with 228,561 residents, lies 159 km away; Jiuquan, the larger neighbour at 428,346, is 189 km distant.
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
#5of 127
Elevation
1,481 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
38.934, 100.452
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 |
| Zhangye | 507K |
Zhangye Population FAQ
Where is Zhangye?
Zhangye is in Gansu, China, 1,372 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 38.934, 100.452.
How big is Zhangye compared with other cities in China?
It is the 288th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.