Jinzhong
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Jinzhong
晋中市 | |
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 Hall of Great Accomplishment in the Confucious Temple of Pingyao | |
 Location of Jinzhong City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Jinzhong Location of the city center in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Jinzhong municipal government): 37°41′17″N 112°45′09″E / 37.6880°N 112.7526°ECoordinates: 37°41′17″N 112°45′09″E / 37.6880°N 112.7526°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| Municipal seat | Yuci District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Jinzhong Secretary | Zhang Pu (张璞) |
| • Mayor | Wu Qinghai (吴清海) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 16,408 km2 (6,335 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 450.00 km2 (173.75 sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 1,311.0 km2 (506.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,249,425 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 561,200 |
| • Urban density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 757,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 030600 |
| Area code(s) | 0354 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-07 |
| Licence plates | 晋K |
| Administrative division code | 140700 |
| Website | sxjz |
| Jinzhong | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 晉中 | ||
| Simplified Chinese | 晋中 | ||
| Literal meaning | Central Jin | ||
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| Yuci | |||
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| Chinese | 榆次 | ||
| Literal meaning | Elm Place | ||
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Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city with 3.2 million inhabitants at the 2010 census in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east.
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 (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 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),[3] 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.
| hideClimate 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 |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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) |
| 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[4] | |||||||||||||
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[]
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- Jinhua, Zhejiang
Szolnok, Hungary
Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam
Vals, Austria
Provins, Île-de-France, France
Luang Prabang, Laos
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d 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.
- ^ 晋中市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 [Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ 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.
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