Linqing
Linqing
临清 Lintsing, Lin-ch'ing | |
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Junction of the "Lu Canal" and "Southern Canal" sections of the Grand Canal at Linqing | |
Coordinates: 36°50′58″N 115°42′22″E / 36.84944°N 115.70611°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shandong |
Prefecture-level city | Liaocheng |
Area | |
• Total | 950 km2 (370 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 759,100 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 252600 |
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Linqing (simplified Chinese: 临
Geography and climate
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It is located north-northwest of Liaocheng. The city is situated at the confluence of the Wei River and the Grand Canal. It is 380 kilometres (240 mi) from Beijing on the Beijing–Kowloon railway line to Hong Kong. Elevation within Linqing County ranges from 29 to 38 m (95 to 125 ft) above sea level. The area of the county is 955 km2 (369 sq mi). The annual average temperature is 12.8 °C (55.0 °F), the highest recorded temperature 41.4 °C (107 °F), and the lowest recorded temperature −22.1 °C (−8 °F). Annual mean precipitation is 590.4 mm (23.24 in). There are 205 frost-free days per year on average and the average annual sunshine is 2661 hours.
Climate data for Linqing (2010–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.7 (105.3) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
41.5 (106.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
19.5 (67.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −20.6 (−5.1) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.0 (0.12) |
9.6 (0.38) |
9.2 (0.36) |
31.0 (1.22) |
45.9 (1.81) |
70.3 (2.77) |
138.3 (5.44) |
129.8 (5.11) |
49.1 (1.93) |
31.4 (1.24) |
16.6 (0.65) |
4.1 (0.16) |
538.3 (21.19) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 64.8 |
Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 9.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 54 | 59 | 63 | 61 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 66 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.2 | 155.7 | 210.8 | 233.0 | 262.9 | 235.3 | 205.2 | 202.5 | 192.6 | 184.2 | 156.1 | 147.5 | 2,334 |
Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 51 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 53 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] |
History and economy
Linqing has played an important role in the history of China. In Ming and Qing times it was a great center for the distribution of textiles, grain and bricks and is also famous as the place where the tiles of the Great Wall and the Forbidden City were produced. Today the city's flourishing economy is based on a number of light industrial enterprises.
Aside from the Grand Canal, sights include a distinctive promontory, a stupa (Chinese:
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this city is divided to four subdistricts, eight towns and three townships.[4]
- Subdistricts
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- Towns
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- Townships
- Jinhaozhuang Township (
金 郝庄乡) - Daiwan Township (戴湾乡)
- Shangdian Township (
尚 店 乡)
Population
Demographics
The city proper has about 143,000 residents (January 2000), whereas Linqing as a whole had 709,328 inhabitants in 1999.[5]
Ecclesiastical history
Once visited by the missionary and sinologist Matteo Ricci, Linqing has been the seat of a Latin Catholic Mission sui juris of Linqing / Lintsing since it was split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tsinanfu on 24 June 1927.
It was promoted to Apostolic prefecture of Linqing / Lintsing / Lintsingen(sis) (Latin) (pre-diocesan jurisdiction, not entitled to a titular bishop) on 5 April 1931.
It remains exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The see has been vacant, without Apostolic administrator, since the third incumbent's death in 1981.[6]
Ordinaries
(all Latin Rite) [6]
- Ecclesiastical Superior(s)
none available
- Apostolic Prefects
(Chinese secular priests)
- Father Gaspar Hu Xiu-shen (
胡 修身 ) (1931.03.30 – retired 1940), died 1945 - Fr. Joseph Li Chao-gui (
李 朝 貴 ) (1940.11.22 – death 1948) - Fr. Paul Li Ben-liang (
李 本 良 ) (1949.11.18 – death 1981)
Notable natives
- Ming dynasty poet Xie Zhen
- National Revolution Army general Zhang Zizhong
- Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian and writer Ji Xianlin
See also
References
- ^ a b
最新 人口 信 息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023. - ^ 聊城
市 -行政 区 划网 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24. - ^ (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
- ^ a b http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lint0.htm GCatholic
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