Guìyáng is the capital of Guizhou province of Southwest China. It is located in the centre of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River. The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters. It has an area of . Its population was 4,324,561 at the 2010 census whom 3,037,159 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 7 urban districts.