Chengdu

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Chengdu

Total population

20,937,757

Air quality index

154Unhealthy

Coordinates30.66°, 104.06°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chengdu is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a population of 20,937,757 at the 2020 census, it is the country's fourth most populous city and the only city with a population of over 20 million apart from provincial-level municipalities. It is traditionally the hub of Western China.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Donghua Li

gymnast

Zhang Ren

General serving warlord Liu Zhang (died 213)

Z

Zhang Yi

Chinese Shu Han official (c.167–230)

Zheng Jie

Chinese female tennis player

Zhuge Zhan

Shu Han general and official (227-263)

Yan Zi

Chinese tennis player

F

Feng Zhe

Chinese artistic gymnast

S

Shi Zhonggui

Chinese painter

Liu Shilan

Chinese chess player

M

Molly Yard

American feminist (1912–2005)

Feng Fei

Chinese baseball player

H

Hu Na

Chinese-American tennis player

Bai Ling

Chinese-American actress

Zhang Li Yin

Chinese singer

Jason Zhang

Chinese pop singer and actor

Dai Sijie

Chinese–French author, screenwriter and film director

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sichuan

• Landrum
  7870 mi away
• Caesars Head
  7872.1 mi away
• Campobello
  7873.6 mi away
• Chesnee
  7873.8 mi away
• Fingerville
  7873.8 mi away
• Gramling
  7877 mi away
• Blacksburg
  7877.3 mi away
• Slater-Marietta
  7877.7 mi away
• Mayo
  7878 mi away
• East Gaffney
  7879.3 mi away
• Clover
  7879.5 mi away
• Inman
  7879.5 mi away

Browse all places in Sichuan →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chengdu

Greater Than a Tourist- Chengdu Sichuan Province China

Greater Than A. Tourist · 2018

Report on the National Workshop on the Teaching of Epidemiology held at the Sichuan Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China

National Workshop on the Teaching of Epidemiology (1982 Chengdu, Sichuan, China) · 1983

Cao Wei Biography

Cao, W. E. I., Sr. · 2022

The Dynamics of vehicles on roads and on tracks

IAVSD Symposium (13th 1993 Chengdu, China) · 1994

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image and Graphics

International Conference on Image and Graphics (4th 2007 Chengdu, China) · 2007

Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems

International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (2008 Chengdu, China) · 2008

Proceedings of the International Forum on Shipping, Ports and Airports (IFSPA) 2010

John Jianhua · 2010

Protection and Management of Mountain Forests

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations · 1992

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern horse cicada

Cryptotympana atrata

Seen 2026-06-13

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Seen 2026-06-13

Ptecticus aurifer

Ptecticus aurifer

Seen 2026-06-13

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Seen 2026-06-13

White-browed Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus sannio

Seen 2026-06-13

Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Seen 2026-06-13

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Seen 2026-06-12

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Chengdu, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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