Nanchong

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Nanchong

Total population

5,607,565

Air quality index

42Good

Coordinates30.79°, 106.08°

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

Overview

Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km2 (4,818.54 sq mi). At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up area made of three urban districts. It is the second most populated city of Sichuan Province, after Chengdu. The administrative center is Shunqing District. At the end of 2024, the resident population of the city was 5.489 million, a decrease of 22,000 from the previous year. The resident population of urban areas is 2.949 million, and the resident population of rural areas is 2.54 million. The urbanization rate of the resident population is 53.73%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points over the previous year. At the end of the year, the registered population of the city was 6.977 million, a decrease of 55,000 compared with the end of the previous year.

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

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Zhang Shan

Chinese sport shooter

Zhang Ni

Chinese Shu Han state general (died 254)

Li Datong

Chinese journalist (born 1952)

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Jia Tong

Chinese diver

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Luo Ruiqing

Chinese general, politician (1906-1978)

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Chen Qingying

Chinese tibetologist (1942-2022)

Zhuoxuan Ren

Chinese political scientist (1896-1990)

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Zhang Meiying

Chinese politician

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Jasper Tang

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Zhang Xingdong

Chinese biomedical engineer

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Gong Lu

Chinese Shu Han state official (195–225)

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Yu Yonghong

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He Ping

Chinese general

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Liu Ruofan

Chinese association football player

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Luo Xiuhua

Chinese rower

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Zhou Shouwei

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

Nearby places in Sichuan

• Landrum
  7847.4 mi away
• Caesars Head
  7848.7 mi away
• Campobello
  7851.1 mi away
• Fingerville
  7851.5 mi away
• Chesnee
  7851.8 mi away
• Slater-Marietta
  7854.4 mi away
• Gramling
  7854.5 mi away
• Blacksburg
  7855.9 mi away
• Mayo
  7856 mi away
• Inman
  7857 mi away
• Inman Mills
  7857.2 mi away
• East Gaffney
  7857.7 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 Nanchong

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Seen 2026-04-15

white clover

Trifolium repens

Seen 2026-02-20

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Seen 2026-02-20

Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Seen 2025-08-17

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge

Bambusicola thoracicus

Seen 2025-08-17

White-browed Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus sannio

Seen 2025-08-17

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Seen 2025-08-17

Spotted Dove

Spilopelia chinensis

Seen 2025-08-17

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

Seen 2025-08-17

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

Gallery

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

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