Heze

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Heze
菏泽
—  Prefecture-level city  —
菏泽市
Country China
Province Shandong
County-level divisions 9
Township-level divisions 158
City seat Mudan District
(35°14′N 115°26′E / 35.233°N 115.433°E / 35.233; 115.433)
Government
 • CPC Secretary
 • Mayor Du Changwen (杜昌文)
Area
 • Total 12,238.6 km2 (4,725.3 sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s) 530
GDP
GDP per capita
License Plate Prefix 鲁R
old name is Caozhou

Heze (simplified Chinese: 菏泽; traditional Chinese: 菏澤; pinyin: Hézé) is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Shandong, it borders Jining to the east and the provinces of Henan and Anhui to the west and south respectively. The old name of Heze was Caozhou (曹州; Cáozhōu) and now a part of the city bears this name. The first character in the city's name is sometimes incorrectly written as "荷" instead.

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[edit] History

[edit] Qing & Republic

[edit] People's Republic

In August 1949 Heze was detached from Shandong and given to the experimental province of Pingyuan. It returned to Shandong just over three years later.

In April 1953 Heze and Jining shared out the counties of Huxi, which is no more.

[edit] Geography

Heze has a monsoon-influenced climate that lies between the humid subtropical and humid continental zones (Köppen Cwa/Dwa), with four well-defined seasons. Conditions are warm and nearly rainless in spring, hot and humid in summer, crisp in autumn and cold and dry in winter. The mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F), with monthly 24-hour averages ranging from −0.9 °C (30.4 °F) in January to 26.8 °C (80.2 °F) in July. Rainfall mainly occurs in summer; snow occasionally falls during winter, though heavy falls are very rare.

Climate data for Heze (1971-2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 4.4
(39.9)
7.3
(45.1)
13.3
(55.9)
21.3
(70.3)
26.5
(79.7)
31.2
(88.2)
31.4
(88.5)
30.4
(86.7)
26.5
(79.7)
21.1
(70.0)
13.4
(56.1)
6.4
(43.5)
19.4
(66.9)
Average low °C (°F) −4.7
(23.5)
−2.4
(27.7)
2.5
(36.5)
9.4
(48.9)
14.6
(58.3)
19.9
(67.8)
23.0
(73.4)
21.9
(71.4)
16.5
(61.7)
10.0
(50.0)
3.0
(37.4)
−2.9
(26.8)
9.2
(48.6)
Precipitation mm (inches) 8.4
(0.331)
10.1
(0.398)
23.7
(0.933)
30.6
(1.205)
49.6
(1.953)
75.6
(2.976)
166.5
(6.555)
129.3
(5.091)
64.1
(2.524)
39.3
(1.547)
17.4
(0.685)
10.1
(0.398)
624.7
(24.594)
humidity 68 64 63 63 66 65 80 83 77 73 71 69 70.2
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.6 3.7 5.3 5.7 6.6 8.0 11.8 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.3 3.6 73.8
Sunshine hours 159.0 151.2 191.9 226.8 257.7 252.1 213.3 217.5 204.4 206.6 173.7 156.8 2,411.0
Source: 中国气象局

[edit] Administration

The prefecture-level city of Heze administers nine county-level divisions. The municipal executive, legislature and judiciary are in Mudan District (牡丹区), together with CPC and Public Security bureaux.

There are eight counties:

These are further divided into 158 township-level divisions.

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Economy

Heze is the largest center in China for the cultivation of the "national flower" peony, after which the Mudan District was named. Over 30% of its national income comes from the sale of peony. According to the government's materials in 1995,there is about 800,000 people living in this areas.

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