Bijie
Prefecture-level city in Guizhou, People's Republic of China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bijie (simplified Chinese: 毕节; traditional Chinese: 畢節; pinyin: Bìjíe) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.
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Bijie
毕节市 Pikieh, Pichieh | |
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Coordinates (Bijie municipal government): 27°17′02″N 105°17′31″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guizhou |
Municipal seat | Qixingguan District |
Area | |
• Total | 26,853 km2 (10,368 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,723 m (5,653 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,536,370 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
GDP[1] | |
• Total | CN¥ 202 billion US$ 29.3 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 29,295 US$ 4,247 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 551700 |
Area code | 0857 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-GZ-05 |
Licence plate prefixes | 贵F |
Website | bijie |
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The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.
On 10 November 2011, the former Bijie Prefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former county-level city of Bijie was rechristened Qixingguan District.[2]