Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Puyang (Zhejiang) is GeoNames ID 1798425. Its recorded administrative path is Jinhua Shi → Zhejiang → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a third-order administrative seat. Puyang appears on 2 separate GeoNames rows in this atlas, so the qualifier “Zhejiang” and numeric ID prevent those places from being merged. The city row itself was updated 2024-05-23; 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, Puyang (Zhejiang) ranks 97 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 36; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 63. Its 3,590,000 population value is 3.08 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 3.56 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Puyang (Zhejiang) falls between the leading tenth and quarter of this atlas's China population cohort. Puyang (Zhejiang)'s recorded value reaches at least twice the country-cohort median in this snapshot. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Puyang (Zhejiang)'s three nearest other atlas coordinates are Yiwu at 24.089 km with 1,481,384 recorded people; Jinhua at 45.575 km with 1,463,990 recorded people; Guli at 65.474 km with 536,000 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 41.385 km. Compared with Yiwu, Puyang (Zhejiang)'s recorded population is 2.42 times as large. Against Puyang (Zhejiang), Yiwu follows Jinhua Shi → Zhejiang → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries the same third-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Puyang (Zhejiang)'s. Against Puyang (Zhejiang), Jinhua follows Jinhua Shi → Zhejiang → 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 below Puyang (Zhejiang)'s. Against Puyang (Zhejiang), Guli follows Jinhua Shi → Zhejiang → China in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries populated place rather than third-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Puyang (Zhejiang)'s. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 292 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Puyang (Zhejiang)'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 1798425, the coordinate pair 29.4568 / 119.8887, country rank 36 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1814870 at 24.089 km bind Puyang (Zhejiang) 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
Puyang (Zhejiang)'s reference point is 29.4568° north and 119.8887° 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. Puyang (Zhejiang)'s row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Puyang (Zhejiang)'s point falls in the lower-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Puyang (Zhejiang)'s place-class field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its time zone is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Puyang (Zhejiang), 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
- Puyang (Zhejiang) · GeoNames 1798425 · no verified Wikidata entity
- Name scope
- Puyang · 2 atlas rows share this source label · qualifier Zhejiang
- Administrative chain
- Jinhua Shi · Zhejiang · China
- Coordinate signature
- 29.4568° N · 119.8887° E
- Population snapshot
- 3,590,000 · atlas rank 97 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- China rank 36 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 3.08×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 63 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 3.56×
- 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
- Puyang (Zhejiang) · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Yiwu · 24.089 km · population 1,481,384 · atlas rank 324
- Second reference
- Jinhua · 45.575 km · population 1,463,990 · atlas rank 330
- Third reference
- Guli · 65.474 km · population 536,000 · atlas rank 1,051
- Neighbour geometry
- Puyang (Zhejiang) · nearest-distance rank 292 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 41.385 km
- Source dates
- Puyang (Zhejiang) row updated 2024-05-23 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04