Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Jinjiang is GeoNames ID 1797658. Its recorded administrative path is Quanzhou Shi → Fujian → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a third-order administrative seat. Jinjiang occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2024-07-13; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Jinjiang ranks 351 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 114; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 205. Its 1,416,151 population value is 1.22 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 1.40 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Jinjiang sits in the second quarter of this atlas's China population cohort. Jinjiang's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Jinjiang's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Quanzhou at 10.531 km with 1,469,157 recorded people; Xiamen at 62.485 km with 4,617,251 recorded people; Putian at 81.702 km with 1,539,389 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 71.171 km. Compared with Quanzhou, Jinjiang's recorded population is 0.96 times as large. Against Jinjiang, Quanzhou follows Quanzhou Shi → Fujian → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Jinjiang's. Against Jinjiang, Xiamen follows Fujian → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Jinjiang's. Against Jinjiang, Putian follows Putian Shi → Fujian → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Jinjiang's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 158 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Jinjiang's nearest-coordinate gap falls between the tightest tenth and quarter of the atlas. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 1797658, the coordinate pair 24.8198 / 118.5742, country rank 114 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1797353 at 10.531 km bind Jinjiang to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Jinjiang's reference point is 24.8198° north and 118.5742° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Shanghai is shared by 291 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA3 is shared by 60 rows. Jinjiang's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Jinjiang's point falls in the lower-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Jinjiang's place-class field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its time zone is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Jinjiang, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Jinjiang · GeoNames 1797658 · no verified Wikidata entity
- Name scope
- Jinjiang · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Quanzhou Shi · Fujian · China
- Coordinate signature
- 24.8198° N · 118.5742° E
- Population snapshot
- 1,416,151 · atlas rank 351 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- China rank 114 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 1.22×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 205 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 1.40×
- Time-zone cohort
- Asia/Shanghai · 291 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA3 third-order administrative seat · 60 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Jinjiang · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Quanzhou · 10.531 km · population 1,469,157 · atlas rank 328
- Second reference
- Xiamen · 62.485 km · population 4,617,251 · atlas rank 68
- Third reference
- Putian · 81.702 km · population 1,539,389 · atlas rank 306
- Neighbour geometry
- Jinjiang · nearest-distance rank 158 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 71.171 km
- Source dates
- Jinjiang row updated 2024-07-13 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04