Gejiu

Gejiu
个旧市
Clockwise: urban skyline, Jinhu Cultural Square, Shadian Grand Mosque, Yunnan Tin, Baofenglong Store, Former Site of GeBi LinPing Railway Company
Gejiu is located in Yunnan
Gejiu
Gejiu
Location within China
Coordinates: 23°22′N 103°09′E / 23.367°N 103.150°E / 23.367; 103.150
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceYunnan
PrefectureHonghe
Area
 • Total1,587 km2 (613 sq mi)
Population
 • Total390,000
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Postal code
661000
Area code0873
Websitewww.gjjw.gov.cn
Gejiu
Traditional Chinese箇舊
Simplified Chinese个旧
Literal meaningsingle old

Geiju () (Chinese: 个旧, geh-JOO;[1] Hani: Goqjef; formerly known as Kochiu) is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, with 202,000[note 1] urban inhabitants (ranked 14th largest city in Yunnan).[2] It is the site of China's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining.

  1. ^ Olausson, Lena; Sangster, Catherine (October 26, 2006). Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation: The Essential Handbook of the Spoken Word. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-280710-6 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2020). 中国城市建设统计年鉴 2018 [China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2018] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Statistic Publishing House. Archived from the original on 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2020-12-12.


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