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China

Tangshan

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01What the data says — and does not say

What the data says — and does not say

This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Tangshan—3,372,102, Asia/Shanghai, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.

02This city's dataset fingerprint

This city's dataset fingerprint

Source identity and administrative path

The source row behind Tangshan is GeoNames ID 1793346. Its recorded administrative path is Tangshan Shi → Hebei → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a second-order administrative seat. Tangshan 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 2025-05-23; 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, Tangshan ranks 101 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 38; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 65. Its 3,372,102 population value is 2.89 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 3.34 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Tangshan falls between the leading tenth and quarter of this atlas's China population cohort. Tangshan'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

Tangshan's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Tanggu at 83.195 km with 535,298 recorded people; Sanhe at 102.276 km with 965,075 recorded people; Tianjin at 102.915 km with 11,090,314 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 19.72 km. Compared with Tanggu, Tangshan's recorded population is 6.30 times as large. Against Tangshan, Tanggu follows Tianjin Municipality → Tianjin → 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 populated place rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Tangshan's. Against Tangshan, Sanhe follows Langfang Shi → Hebei → China in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected China cohort, uses the shared Asia/Shanghai identifier, and carries third-order administrative seat rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is below Tangshan's. Against Tangshan, Tianjin follows Tianjin Municipality → Tianjin → 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 first-order administrative seat rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Tangshan's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 631 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Tangshan's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. 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 1793346, the coordinate pair 39.6438 / 118.1832, country rank 38 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1793424 at 83.195 km bind Tangshan 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

Tangshan's reference point is 39.6438° north and 118.1832° east. The IANA identifier Asia/Shanghai is shared by 291 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA2 is shared by 341 rows. Tangshan's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Tangshan's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Tangshan's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Tangshan, 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
Tangshan · GeoNames 1793346 · no verified Wikidata entity
Name scope
Tangshan · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
Administrative chain
Tangshan Shi · Hebei · China
Coordinate signature
39.6438° N · 118.1832° E
Population snapshot
3,372,102 · atlas rank 101 of 1,206
Country comparison
China rank 38 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 2.89×
Regional comparison
Asia rank 65 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 3.34×
Time-zone cohort
Asia/Shanghai · 291 of 1,206 atlas rows
Place-class cohort
PPLA2 second-order administrative seat · 341 of 1,206 rows
Elevation field
Tangshan · missing in GeoNames
Nearest reference
Tanggu · 83.195 km · population 535,298 · atlas rank 1,055
Second reference
Sanhe · 102.276 km · population 965,075 · atlas rank 577
Third reference
Tianjin · 102.915 km · population 11,090,314 · atlas rank 15
Neighbour geometry
Tangshan · nearest-distance rank 631 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 19.72 km
Source dates
Tangshan row updated 2025-05-23 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04