| Jinzhong | |
| Other Name: | Kinchung |
| Native Name: | 晋中市 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans |
| Settlement Type: | Prefecture-level city |
| Pushpin Map: | Shanxi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the city center in Shanxi |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Shanxi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County-level divisions |
| Subdivision Name2: | 12 |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Yuci District |
| Government Type: | Prefecture-level city |
| Leader Title: | CPC Jinzhong Secretary |
| Leader Name: | Zhang Pu (Chinese: 张璞) |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Wu Qinghai (Chinese: 吴清海) |
| Area Total Km2: | 16,408 |
| Area Metro Km2: | 2787 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 2361 |
| Area Urban Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census[2] |
| Population Total: | 3,379,498 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
| Population Metro: | 5433659 |
| Population Urban: | 1226617 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP[3] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Prefecture-level city |
| Demographics2 Info1: | CN¥ 146.9 billion US$ 23 billion |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | CN¥ 43,461 US$ 6,954 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Jinzhong municipal government |
| Coordinates: | 37.688°N 112.7526°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 030600 |
| Area Code: | 0354 |
| Blank2 Name: | Licence plates |
| Blank2 Info: | Chinese: 晋K |
| Blank3 Name: | Administrative division code |
| Blank3 Info: | 140700 |
| Iso Code: | CN-SX-07 |
| P: | Jìnzhōng |
| W: | Chin-chung |
| L: | CentralJin |
| Yuci | |
| P: | Yúcì |
| W: | Yu-tz‘u |
| L: | ElmPlace |
Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east.As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However, 5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.[4]
Lingshi County was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
In 1999, the area was considered sufficiently urbanized that Jinzhong Prefecture became a prefecture-level city, with its former seat at Yuci becoming its county-level Yuci District.
Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
| Map | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |
| Yuci District | Chinese: 榆次区 | Yúcì Qū | 530,000 | 1,327 | 399 | |
| Taigu District | Chinese: 太谷区 | Tàigǔ Qū | 280,000 | 1,034 | 271 | |
| Jiexiu City | Chinese: 介休市 | Jièxiū Shì | 380,000 | 743 | 511 | |
| Yushe County | Chinese: 榆社县 | Yúshè Xiàn | 140,000 | 1,651 | 85 | |
| Zuoquan County | Chinese: 左权县 | Zuǒquán Xiàn | 160,000 | 2,028 | 79 | |
| Heshun County | Chinese: 和顺县 | Héshùn Xiàn | 140,000 | 2,251 | 62 | |
| Xiyang County | Chinese: 昔阳县 | Xīyáng Xiàn | 230,000 | 1,943 | 118 | |
| Shouyang County | Chinese: 寿阳县 | Shòuyáng Xiàn | 210,000 | 2,111 | 99 | |
| Qi County | Chinese: 祁县 | Qí Xiàn | 260,000 | 854 | 304 | |
| Pingyao County | Chinese: 平遥县 | Píngyáo Xiàn | 490,000 | 1,260 | 389 | |
| Lingshi County | Chinese: 灵石县 | Língshí Xiàn | 240,000 | 1,206 | 199 | |
Jinzhong has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk),[5] with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to in July, and the annual mean is 10.39°C. Typifying the influence of the East Asian Monsoon, over two-thirds of the annual of precipitation occurs from June to September.
The prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan, whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 people in 2010.