SW China
Yunnan
Zhaotong Shi

Zhaotong

Zhaotong is a prefecture-level city located in the northeast corner of province, China, bordering the provinces of to the south and southeast and to the northeast, north, and west.By the end of 2024, the resident population of the city will be 4.804 million.
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  • Type: City with 5,090,000 residents
  • Description: prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China
  • Also known as: “Chao-t’ung”, “Chao-t’ung Chuan-ch’u”, “Chao-t’ung Hsien”, “Chao-t’ung Ti-ch’u”, “Chao-t’ung-hsien”, “Chaotung”, “En-an”, “En-an-hsien”, “Zhaotong Diqu”, “Zhaotong Shi”, “Zhaotong Xian”, and “Zizipuwu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zhaotong Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an airport serving the city of Zhaotong in 's province.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shouwang Hui Ethnic Township.

Town
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Shouwang Township or is a rural ethnic township in Zhaoyang District of Zhaotong, , . As of the 2015 census it had a population of 40,000.

Zhaotong

Latitude
27.3389° or 27° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
103.7167° or 103° 43′ east
Population
5,090,000
Elevation
1,974 metres (6,476 feet)
IATA airport code
ZAT
Open location code
7PV58PQ8+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 418286525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1784841
Wiki­data ID
Q197519
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Zhaotong” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Zhaotong”
  • Arabic: “تشاوتونغ”
  • Asturian: “Zhaotong”
  • Basque: “Zhaotong”
  • Bengali: “চাওথুং”
  • Catalan: “Zhaotong”
  • Cebuano: “Zhaotong”
  • Chinese: “Chiau-thong-chhī”
  • Chinese: “Zhāotōng Shì”
  • Chinese: “昭通”
  • Chinese: “昭通市”
  • Chuvash: “Чжаотун”
  • Czech: “Čao-tchung”
  • Danish: “Zhaotong”
  • Dutch: “Zhaotong”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝaotong”
  • Esperanto: “Zhaotong”
  • Estonian: “Zhaotong”
  • Finnish: “Zhaotong”
  • French: “Zhaotong”
  • Gan Chinese: “昭通市”
  • German: “Zhaotong”
  • Greek: “Τσαοτόνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાઓટોંગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Châu-thûng-sṳ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’אוטונג”
  • Hindi: “ज़्हाओटोंग”
  • Hungarian: “Csaotung”
  • Indonesian: “Zhaotong”
  • Irish: “Zhaotong”
  • Italian: “Zhaotong”
  • Japanese: “昭通市”
  • Kannada: “ಝಾಟೊಂಗ್”
  • Kikuyu: “Zhaotong”
  • Korean: “자오퉁 시”
  • Korean: “자오퉁시”
  • Latvian: “Čžaotuna”
  • Literary Chinese: “昭通市”
  • Lithuanian: “Žaotongas”
  • Malagasy: “Zhaotong”
  • Malay: “Zhaotong”
  • Marathi: “झावोटॉंग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ciĕu-tŭng”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chiau-thong-chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zhaotong”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zhaotong”
  • Norwegian: “Zhaotong”
  • Ossetian: “Чжаотун”
  • Persian: “ژاوتونگ”
  • Polish: “Zhaotong”
  • Portuguese: “Zhaotong”
  • Russian: “Чжаотун”
  • Sinhala: “සාඔටෝන්ග්”
  • Spanish: “Zhaotong”
  • Swedish: “Zhaotong”
  • Tagalog: “Zhaotong”
  • Tamil: “ஜாஓட்டங்”
  • Telugu: “జ్హాఓటోంగ్”
  • Thai: “เจาทง”
  • Turkish: “Zhaotong”
  • Ukrainian: “Чжаотун”
  • Urdu: “ژاوتونگ”
  • Venetian: “Zhaotong”
  • Vietnamese: “Chiêu Thông”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Zhaotong”
  • Welsh: “Zhaotong”
  • Wu Chinese: “昭通市”
  • Yue Chinese: “昭通”

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