Yangquan
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Yangquan is a prefecture-level city in Shanxi, with administrative division code 140300.

## Administrative status

Yangquan is part of [Shanxi](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shanxi.html) (province)[^mca2023].

## Subdivisions

5 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]:

- [Chengqu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chengqu.html) (district, 140302)
- [Kuangqu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/kuangqu.html) (district, 140303)
- [Jiaoqu](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jiaoqu.html) (district, 140311)
- [Pingding County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/pingding.html) (county, 140321)
- [Yu County](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/yu-yangquan.html) (county, 140322)

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 140300[^mca2023]
- Area: 4,558.93 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 1.32 million (2020)[^wikidata]

## History

- From 1 August 1949: named “阳泉工矿区”, until 31 December 1950[^wikidata].

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Shanxi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shanxi.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Chengqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chengqu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Kuangqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/kuangqu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jiaoqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jiaoqu.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Pingding County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/pingding.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Yu County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/yu-yangquan.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)

Mentioned in:
- Shanxi https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shanxi.html
- Chengqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/chengqu.html
- Kuangqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/kuangqu.html
- Jiaoqu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jiaoqu.html
- Pingding County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/pingding.html
- Yu County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/yu-yangquan.html

Sources:
- 2023年中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码（民政部） https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 140300 阳泉市
- Wikidata Q72907 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72907
- Yangquan (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangquan
- 阳泉市（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%B3%E6%B3%89%E5%B8%82