Weiyuan

Weiyuan is a town in and the county seat of , , China. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 82,289 and an area of 1,127-square-kilometre.
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  • Type: Town with 95,800 residents
  • Description: town in Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
  • Also known as: Ching-ku”, “Ching-ku-chieh”, “Ching-ku-hsien”, “Dajie”, “Jinggu”, “Kingku”, “Kingkuhsien”, “Mongwaw”, “Weiyuan Town”, and “Weiyuan, Jinggu County

Weiyuan

Latitude
23.49852° or 23° 29′ 55″ north
Longitude
100.70401° or 100° 42′ 14″ east
Population
95,800
Elevation
929 metres (3,048 feet)
Open location code
7PM2FPX3+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1624934119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1791579
Wiki­data ID
Q10943772
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Weiyuan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: وايوان
  • Asturian: Weiyuan
  • Bengali: উইউয়ান
  • Chinese: 威远
  • Chinese: 威远镇
  • Danish: Weiyuan
  • Dutch: Weiyuan
  • Finnish: Weiyuan
  • French: bourg de Weiyuan
  • French: Bourg de Weiyuan
  • Gan Chinese: 威远镇
  • Greek: Γουέιγιουαν
  • Gujarati: વેઇયુઅન
  • Hindi: वेइयुआन
  • Indonesian: Weiyuan
  • Italian: Weiyuan
  • Japanese: 威遠鎮
  • Kannada: ವಿಯಿಯನ್
  • Korean: 웨이위안진
  • Korean: 웨이유안
  • Latvian: Vejuana
  • Lithuanian: Vejuanas
  • Malay: Weiyuan
  • Marathi: वेईयुआन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Weiyuan
  • Polish: Weiyuan
  • Russian: Вэйюань
  • Sinhala: වෙයිඋආන්
  • Swedish: Weiyuan
  • Tamil: வெய்யுன்
  • Telugu: వేయుయాన్
  • Thai: เวยานาท
  • Turkish: Wejyuan
  • Ukrainian: Вейюань
  • Urdu: وییوان
  • Vietnamese: Uy Viễn
  • Welsh: Weiyuan
  • Wu Chinese: 威远镇

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