Jinzhong
History
Lingshi County was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
In 1999, the area was considered sufficiently urbanized that Jinzhong Prefecture became a prefecture-level city, with its former seat at Yuci becoming its county-level Yuci District.
Administrative divisions
Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
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Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km) | Density (/km) |
Yuci District | 榆次区 | Yúcì Qū | 530,000 | 1,327 | 399 |
Taigu District | 太谷区 | Tàigǔ Qū | 280,000 | 1,034 | 271 |
Jiexiu City | 介休市 | Jièxiū Shì | 380,000 | 743 | 511 |
Yushe County | 榆社县 | Yúshè Xiàn | 140,000 | 1,651 | 85 |
Zuoquan County | 左权县 | Zuǒquán Xiàn | 160,000 | 2,028 | 79 |
Heshun County | 和顺县 | Héshùn Xiàn | 140,000 | 2,251 | 62 |
Xiyang County | 昔阳县 | Xīyáng Xiàn | 230,000 | 1,943 | 118 |
Shouyang County | 寿阳县 | Shòuyáng Xiàn | 210,000 | 2,111 | 99 |
Qi County | 祁县 | Qí Xiàn | 260,000 | 854 | 304 |
Pingyao County | 平遥县 | Píngyáo Xiàn | 490,000 | 1,260 | 389 |
Lingshi County | 灵石县 | Língshí Xiàn | 240,000 | 1,206 | 199 |
Climate
Jinzhong has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −5.5 °C (22.1 °F) in January to 24.2 °C (75.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 10.39 °C (50.7 °F). Typifying the influence of the East Asian Monsoon, over two-thirds of the annual 388 millimetres (15.3 in) of precipitation occurs from June to September.
Climate data for Jinzhong (Yuci District), 1981–2010 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
20.0 (68.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
17.4 (63.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.6 (40.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) |
3.3 (0.13) |
9.9 (0.39) |
21.0 (0.83) |
37.2 (1.46) |
52.2 (2.06) |
81.9 (3.22) |
87.8 (3.46) |
54.0 (2.13) |
27.0 (1.06) |
9.9 (0.39) |
1.7 (0.07) |
387.9 (15.28) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 55 | 50 | 55 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration |
Transportation
Culture
The prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan, whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 people in 2010.
Sister Cities
- Jinhua, Zhejiang
- Szolnok, Hungary
- Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam
- Vals, Austria
- Provins, Île-de-France, France
- Luang Prabang, Laos
References
- ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ 山西省统计局、国家统计局山西调查总队 (December 2021). 《山西统计年鉴-2021》. 中国统计出版社. ISBN 978-7-5037-7824-7.
- ^ Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., and McMahon, T. A.: Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1633-1644, doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007, 2007.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data. China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
External links
- Jinzhong City Portal
- - Jinzhong Information Network Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine