Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km². At the 2020 census it was hom…Nanchong is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of 12,479.96 km². At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up area made of three urban districts. It is the second most populated city of Sichuan Province, after Chengdu. The administrative center is Shunqing District.