Ya'an

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Ya'an

Total population

1,434,603

Coordinates30.01°, 103.04°

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

Overview

Ya'an is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China, located just below the Tibetan Plateau. The city is home to Sichuan Agricultural University, the only 211 Project university and the largest regional comprehensive university in Ya'an. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Ya'an has a population of 1,434,603.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

J

Jing Tian-Zörner

German table tennis player

Li Datong

Chinese journalist (born 1952)

Jennifer Zeng

Chinese activist

L

Li Xiaolin

daughter of Li Peng

B

Baby Zhang

Chinese singer

W

Wu Jinghua

Chinese politician (1931–2007)

C

Chen Kun

Chinese baseball player

C

Chen Xingdong

Chinese badminton player

Z

Zhang Sixun

10th century Chinese astronomer and engineer

J

John Paton Davies, Jr.

American diplomat (1908–1999)

J

Joseph Xu Zhixuan

coadjutor bishop (1916-2008)

L

Liu Yongxing

Chinese businessman

V

Victor Zue

American computer scientist

W

Wu Chibing

badminton player

Y

Yang Ying

table tennis player

Muqi

Chinese painter

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

Nearby places in Sichuan

• Fengling
  163.1 mi away
• Baiqiao
  204 mi away
• Caesars Head
  7922.5 mi away
• East Gaffney
  7928.8 mi away
• Boiling Springs
  7930 mi away
• Lake Wylie
  7930.2 mi away
• Converse
  7934 mi away
• Clifton
  7934.7 mi away · pop. 792
• Tamassee
  7935.9 mi away
• York
  7936.4 mi away
• Fairforest
  7936.5 mi away
• Camp Croft
  7939.9 mi away · pop. 1,586

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 Ya'an

Ya'an Xian zhi

Liangxuan Yu · 1928

清代四川南部縣衙門檔案

南充市 (China). 档案局 · 2015

四川省雅安地区雅安县地名录

四川省雅安地区雅安县地名领导小组 · 1983

Qing dai Sichuan Ba Xian ya men Xianfeng chao dang an xuan bian

Sichuan Sheng (China). Dang an ju · 2011

Sichuan Ya'an jing Shimian zhi Lugu gao su gong lu ke ji shi fan gong cheng lun wen ji

Sichuan Sheng (China). Jiao tong yun shu ting · 2012

Qing dai Sichuan nan bu xian ya men dang an quan zong zhi nan

Sichuan Sheng Nanchong Shi dang an ju · 2004

雅安地区矿产志

Sichuan Sheng Ya'an Diqu di fang zhi ban gong shi · 1995

雅安地区图书发行志, 1880-1990

四川省雅安地区新华书店 · 1998

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Speckled Black Cicada

Gaeana maculata

Seen 2026-09-24

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Seen 2026-09-19

Black-throated Tit

Aegithalos concinnus

Seen 2026-09-16

mile-a-minute weed

Persicaria perfoliata

Seen 2026-09-12

Eusthenes robustus

Eusthenes robustus

Seen 2026-08-14

Humba cyanicollis

Humba cyanicollis

Seen 2026-08-12

Cheirotonus jansoni

Cheirotonus jansoni

Seen 2026-08-11

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

Seen 2026-08-09

Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle

Trypoxylus dichotomus

Seen 2026-08-08

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