Gejiu

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Gejiu

Total population

161,600

Coordinates23.36°, 103.16°

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

Overview

Gejiu is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, with 202,000 urban inhabitants. It is the site of China's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Muhammad Ma Jian

Chinese Islamic scholar and translator (1906–1978)

Z

Zhu Youyong

Chinese scientist

M

Ming Rao

Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick 1990

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

Nearby places in Yunnan

• Kafang
  7.8 mi away
• Baohe
  10.8 mi away · pop. 929,000
• Puxiong
  12.6 mi away
• Mengzi
  13.2 mi away · pop. 585,976
• Yuanyang
  22.6 mi away · pop. 35,800
• Nansha
  23.1 mi away
• Lin'an
  27.5 mi away · pop. 376,348
• Guanting
  27.8 mi away
• Jianshui
  28.3 mi away · pop. 177,200
• Xinxian
  29.1 mi away
• Xinjie
  29.7 mi away
• Xizhuang
  31.8 mi away

Browse all places in Yunnan →

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 Gejiu

Yunnan sheng Gejiu shi min zu zhi

1990

Yunnan Gejiu fu jin di zhi kuang wu bao gao

Ding, Wenjiang · 1937

近代云南个旧锡矿开发研究

杨娟 · 2017

Gebishi tie lu

Zhongfu He · 2007

Gejiu Shi Heimajing mu di di si ci fa jue bao gao

Yunnan Sheng wen wu kao gu yan jiu suo · 2013

Gejiu jian cha zhi

Gejiu jian cha zhi bian wei hui · 2008

Gejiu shi jiao yu zhi

"Gejiu shi jiao yu zhi" bian zuan zu · 1989

Gejiu Shi zhi

1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Giant Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla maxima

Seen 2026-09-14

East Asian Bullfrog

Hoplobatrachus chinensis

Seen 2026-09-03

South China Green Snake

Ptyas multicincta

Seen 2026-09-03

Tauphaedusa tau

Tauphaedusa tau

Seen 2026-08-27

Yellow Coster

Telchinia issoria

Seen 2026-08-27

Valvaribifidum huananense

Valvaribifidum huananense

Seen 2026-08-27

Eparchus insignis

Eparchus insignis

Seen 2026-08-25

Ochrochira ferruginea

Ochrochira ferruginea

Seen 2026-08-23

Monochamus alternatus

Monochamus alternatus

Seen 2026-08-23

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