Jinzhong
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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 晋中市 Kinchung | |
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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°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 | 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 | 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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History edit
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 edit
Jinzhong 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 edit
Jinzhong 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 edit
Culture edit
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 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). . 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.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data. China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
External links edit
- - Jinzhong Information Network 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine