City Details: Leshan

A few alternate names for Leshan are: Chia-ting, Kiating, Kiatingfu, Lac Son, Le-san, Le-šan, Lehshan', Leshan, Lo-shan, Lo-shan-hsien

Leshan, formerly known as Jiading and Jiazhou, is a Chinese prefecture-level city located at the confluence of the Dadu and Min rivers, on the southwestern fringe of the Sichuan Basin in southern Sichuan, about 120 km (75 mi) from the provincial capital of Chengdu. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,160,168, of whom 1,236,188 lived in the built-up metro area made of Shizhong (downtown), Wutongqiao, Shawan and Jinkouhe districts. A historical and cultural city, Leshan is famous for world heritage sites Emei Mountain and Leshan Buddha. It is also a regional center in the southern part of the Chengdu Economic Zone, serving as a transportation hub and port city in southwestern China.