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Zhanjiang

Guangdong · China
City population
1,400,709
#117
in China
#16
in Guangdong
#358
worldwide
BeijingZhanjiang
21.234, 110.387 · 2,153 km from Beijing
City population
1,400,709
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#117
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#358
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Zhanjiang

The 16th-largest city in Guangdong, Zhanjiang holds a population of 1.4 million. It sits 2,153 km from Beijing and lies at low elevation near sea level. Maoming, a city of 1.3 million, stands 73 km away; three smaller cities—Wuchuan (104,168), Lianjiang (100,341), and Huazhou (91,701)—cluster within 50 km.

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
#117of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Guangdong
#16of 101
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Guangdong
Rank in region
#16of 101
Distance to capital
2,153 km
to Beijing
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
21.234, 110.387
Record updated
2021-12-15
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.

46KMWuchuan104K people47KMLianjiang100K people49KMHuazhou92K people73KMMaoming1.31M people80KMShankou70K 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. Zhanjiang1.4M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Zhanjiang 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
Zhanjiang1.4M

Zhanjiang Population FAQ

What is the population of Zhanjiang?

Zhanjiang has a city population of 1,400,709. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Zhanjiang?

Zhanjiang is in Guangdong, China, 2,153 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 21.234, 110.387.

How big is Zhanjiang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 117th 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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