Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Xuancheng is GeoNames ID 1788081. Its recorded administrative path is Xuancheng Shi → Anhui → China, and GeoNames classifies the place as a second-order administrative seat. Xuancheng 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 2025-08-30; 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, Xuancheng ranks 712 by recorded population. Inside the 296 selected China entries it ranks 215; inside the 632 entries in its broad region it ranks 405. Its 774,332 population value is 0.66 times the 1,165,375 median for the country cohort and 0.77 times the 1,008,426 regional median. Xuancheng sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected China entries. Xuancheng's recorded value is materially below 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
Xuancheng's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Wuhu at 54.226 km with 1,598,165 recorded people; Ma'anshan at 84.8 km with 741,531 recorded people; Yixing at 111.025 km with 1,285,785 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 56.799 km. Compared with Wuhu, Xuancheng's recorded population is 0.48 times as large. Against Xuancheng, Wuhu follows Wuhu Shi → Anhui → 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 the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Xuancheng's. Against Xuancheng, Ma'anshan follows Ma'anshan Shi → Anhui → 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 the same second-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Xuancheng's. Against Xuancheng, Yixing follows Wuxi Shi → Jiangsu → 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 third-order administrative seat rather than second-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Xuancheng's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 477 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Xuancheng's nearest-coordinate gap sits in the second quarter 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 1788081, the coordinate pair 30.9525 / 118.7553, country rank 215 of 296, and neighbor GeoNames 1791236 at 54.226 km bind Xuancheng 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
Xuancheng's reference point is 30.9525° north and 118.7553° 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. Xuancheng's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Xuancheng's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Xuancheng's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Xuancheng, 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
- Xuancheng · GeoNames 1788081 · no verified Wikidata entity
- Name scope
- Xuancheng · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Xuancheng Shi · Anhui · China
- Coordinate signature
- 30.9525° N · 118.7553° E
- Population snapshot
- 774,332 · atlas rank 712 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- China rank 215 of 296 · median 1,165,375 · ratio 0.66×
- Regional comparison
- Asia rank 405 of 632 · median 1,008,426 · ratio 0.77×
- 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
- Xuancheng · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Wuhu · 54.226 km · population 1,598,165 · atlas rank 286
- Second reference
- Ma'anshan · 84.8 km · population 741,531 · atlas rank 743
- Third reference
- Yixing · 111.025 km · population 1,285,785 · atlas rank 395
- Neighbour geometry
- Xuancheng · nearest-distance rank 477 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 56.799 km
- Source dates
- Xuancheng row updated 2025-08-30 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04