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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Zhuozhou

Zhuozhou (Chinese: 涿州; pinyin: Zhuōzhōu; Wade–Giles: Cho-chou), is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in central Hebei province, southwest of Beijing. It is administered by Baoding prefecture-level city. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.

History

Zhuozhou was the birthplace of Bai Guang in 1921.

In 1928, the city was the site of a fierce battle between the forces of Fengtien clique warlord Chang Tso-lin and those of the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army, with the city falling to the Fengtien after eighty-six days of heavy bombardment.

In September 1937, General Count Hisaichi Terauchi, commander-in-chief of the North China Area Army, sent a column of mechanised infantry supported by cavalry to cut the Jinghan railway at Zhuozhou. The area was lightly defended by provincial troops without proper artillery or planes, as the Chinese strategy at the time rested on defending Paoting with better-equipped central government soldiers.

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:

Towns:

Townships:

Climate

Zhuozhou is at a high risk of floods. It was heavily impacted by the 2023 China floods, and more than a sixth of the city's 600,000 residents had to evacuate.

Zhuozhou has been described by Hebei communist party secretary Ni Yuefeng as being able to "serve as a moat for the capital" using flood storage and detention areas in the aftermath of flooding in Beijing as a result of Typhoon Doksuri.

Climate data for Zhuozhou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 14.3
(57.7)
17.0
(62.6)
30.1
(86.2)
31.5
(88.7)
37.5
(99.5)
40.4
(104.7)
40.4
(104.7)
36.2
(97.2)
34.3
(93.7)
30.8
(87.4)
22.3
(72.1)
14.8
(58.6)
40.4
(104.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.0
(35.6)
6.0
(42.8)
13.8
(56.8)
21.1
(70.0)
27.3
(81.1)
31.0
(87.8)
31.9
(89.4)
30.4
(86.7)
26.5
(79.7)
19.4
(66.9)
10.3
(50.5)
3.4
(38.1)
18.6
(65.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9)
−0.5
(31.1)
7.3
(45.1)
14.8
(58.6)
21.0
(69.8)
25.1
(77.2)
26.9
(80.4)
25.5
(77.9)
20.4
(68.7)
12.7
(54.9)
4.1
(39.4)
−2.7
(27.1)
12.5
(54.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −9.5
(14.9)
−5.7
(21.7)
1.3
(34.3)
8.3
(46.9)
14.5
(58.1)
19.5
(67.1)
22.4
(72.3)
21.2
(70.2)
15.4
(59.7)
7.4
(45.3)
−0.7
(30.7)
−7.2
(19.0)
7.2
(45.0)
Record low °C (°F) −22.0
(−7.6)
−17.0
(1.4)
−8.6
(16.5)
−1.8
(28.8)
6.1
(43.0)
12.1
(53.8)
15.7
(60.3)
12.4
(54.3)
5.8
(42.4)
−5.0
(23.0)
−9.8
(14.4)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−22.0
(−7.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.3
(0.09)
5.3
(0.21)
7.8
(0.31)
25.2
(0.99)
36.5
(1.44)
78.3
(3.08)
173.4
(6.83)
110.3
(4.34)
50.7
(2.00)
30.3
(1.19)
12.7
(0.50)
2.4
(0.09)
535.2
(21.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.8 2.2 2.7 4.9 6.2 9.4 12.3 10.8 7.5 5.1 3.0 1.5 67.4
Average snowy days 3.1 2.1 1.0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 2.5 10.3
Average relative humidity (%) 53 48 45 48 54 62 75 78 73 68 64 57 60
Mean monthly sunshine hours 181.1 184.6 236.2 251.9 274.0 231.8 203.0 212.4 210.3 195.6 166.4 168.0 2,515.3
Percent possible sunshine 60 61 63 63 62 52 45 51 57 57 56 58 57
Source: China Meteorological Administration

Transportation

Railroads

Highways

Places of interest

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:涿州市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  3. ^ "WAR IN CHINA: Fall of Chochow". Time. 1937-09-27. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  4. ^ Wang, Tingshu; Arslan, Josh (7 August 2023). "As floodwaters recede, Chinese city faces 'bitter' days ahead". Reuters. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ Hawkins, Amy (2023-08-04). "Anger in China over plan to use cities as 'moat' to save Beijing from floods". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  7. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.