Why visit Jinchang
Townapedia lists 8 parks and trails in and around town.
Weather in Jinchang
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About Jinchang
Jinchang (Chinese: 金昌; pinyin: Jīnchāng) is a prefecture-level city in the centre of Gansu province, People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north. As of the 2020 Chinese census, its population was 438,026 inhabitants, of which 260,385 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of the Jinchuan District.
From the Wikipedia article Jinchang (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds8
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries5
History
Jinchang has important archaeological sites from the Stone Age, a Western Han site, and sections of the Great Wall from the Han and Qing dynasties.
From the History section of Jinchang on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Jinchang
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Getting there and nearby towns
Jinchang Jinchuan Airport (JIC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 14 km away.
- Wuwei 74 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- 20060423105630, Yaohua2000, CC BY-SA 3.0
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