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Meishan

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Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area code(s)
  
028

Area
  
7,186 km²

Province
  
Sichuan

Postal code
  
620000

Website
  
ms.gov.cn

Population
  
2.951 million (2010)

Local time
  
Saturday 12:38 PM


Country
  
People's Republic of China

Weather
  
16°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 57% Humidity

China sichuan meishan


Meishan (Chinese: 眉山; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: [mi˨˩sã˥]; pinyin: Méishān; Wade–Giles: Mei-shan), formerly known as Meizhou (眉州) or Qingzhou (青州), is a prefecture-level city with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants in Sichuan province of China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin.

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Map of Meishan, Sichuan, China

It belonged to Leshan City before 1997. Then Meishan Prefecture was founded in 1997 upon approval of state council. It became Meishan City in 2000. Meishan is the seat of Meishan prefecture.

Administrative Subdivisions

It has 2 county-level district and 4 counties.

Notable people

  • Su Shi, Song Dynasty writer and poet (1037-1101), was a native of Meishan, and a historic temple commemorating him and his father and brother, also notable writers (the "three Su") is located in the city.
  • Liu Hanyuan, one of the ten richest private persons in the China is a native of Meishan.

    • References

    Meishan Wikipedia
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