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Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However, 5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.[2]
Jinzhong
Kinchung | |
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 Hall of Great Accomplishment in the Confucious Temple of Pingyao | |
.png) 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°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 |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 16,408 km2 (6,335 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,361 km2 (912 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,787 km2 (1,076 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census[2]) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,379,498 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,226,617 |
| • Urban density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,433,659 |
| • Metro density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 146.9 billion US$ 23 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 43,461 US$ 6,954 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 030600 |
| Area code | 0354 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-07 |
| Licence plates | |
| Administrative division code | 140700 |
| Website | sxjz |
| Jinzhong | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | |||||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Jin | ||||||||
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| Yuci | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 榆次 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Elm Place | ||||||||
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History
editLingshi 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
editJinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
| Map | |||||
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| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Yuci District | 榆次 |
Yúcì Qū | 530,000 | 1,327 | 399 |
| Taigu District | Tàigǔ Qū | 280,000 | 1,034 | 271 | |
| Jiexiu City | Jièxiū Shì | 380,000 | 743 | 511 | |
| Yushe County | 榆社县 | Yúshè Xiàn | 140,000 | 1,651 | 85 |
| Zuoquan County | Zuǒquán Xiàn | 160,000 | 2,028 | 79 | |
| Heshun County | Héshùn Xiàn | 140,000 | 2,251 | 62 | |
| Xiyang County | Xīyáng Xiàn | 230,000 | 1,943 | 118 | |
| Shouyang County | Shòuyáng Xiàn | 210,000 | 2,111 | 99 | |
| Qi County | 祁县 | Qí Xiàn | 260,000 | 854 | 304 |
| Pingyao County | Píngyáo Xiàn | 490,000 | 1,260 | 389 | |
| Lingshi County | 灵石县 | Língshí Xiàn | 240,000 | 1,206 | 199 |
Climate
editJinzhong has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk),[4] 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[5] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
editCulture
editThe 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
edit
Jinhua, Zhejiang
Szolnok, Hungary
Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam
Vals, Austria
Provins, Île-de-France, France
Luang Prabang, Laos
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "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.
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中国 气象数 据 网 - WeatherBk Data. China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
External links
edit- Jinzhong City Portal
- - Jinzhong Information Network Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine