Shangzhi

Shangzhi 尚志
—  County-level city  —
尚志市
Shangzhi Location in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 45°13′N 127°58′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Sub-provincial City	Harbin
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	150600
Area code(s)	0451
Website	http://www.shangzhi.gov.cn/

Shangzhi (Chinese: 尚志市; Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzhì shì) is a county-level city located in the southeast of Heilongjiang province, China. It is 127 kilometres away from the provincial capital Harbin and has an area of approximately 9,000 square kilometres. The town has a population of around 120,000 and the whole county has approximately 600,000 inhabitants.

The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe (珠河). It was developed during the years of Emperor Guangxu in the late Qing dynasty, and was renamed to Shangzhi to commemorate the anti-Japanese war hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946.

The most famous place in Shangzhi is the Yabuli (亚布力 yàbùlì) Skiing Centre - the largest in Asia and 3rd largest in the world.^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Climate data for Shangzhi(1971-2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−12 (10)	−7.2 (19.0)	1.8 (35.2)	12.8 (55.0)	20.3 (68.5)	25.0 (77.0)	27.4 (81.3)	25.8 (78.4)	20.4 (68.7)	11.7 (53.1)	0.0 (32.0)	−9.3 (15.3)	9.73 (49.5)
Average low °C (°F)	−26.3 (−15.3)	−22.8 (−9.0)	−11.7 (10.9)	−1 (30)	5.5 (41.9)	12.9 (55.2)	17.1 (62.8)	15.3 (59.5)	6.8 (44.2)	−1.7 (28.9)	−11.8 (10.8)	−21.9 (−7.4)	−3.3 (26.06)
Precipitation mm (inches)	5.0 (0.197)	6.8 (0.268)	14.3 (0.563)	31.4 (1.236)	50.5 (1.988)	96.9 (3.815)	174.2 (6.858)	144.3 (5.681)	71.5 (2.815)	39.7 (1.563)	15.9 (0.626)	10.0 (0.394)	660.5 (26.004)
% humidity	74	73	65	60	62	74	81	84	79	70	71	74	72.3
Avg. precipitation days	6.5	6.9	6.9	9.2	12.6	14.7	16.2	14.9	12.0	9.0	8.1	9.0	126
Sunshine hours	166.6	181.7	232.0	224.3	248.3	243.3	229.9	220.6	215.4	192.4	155.5	140.1	2,450.1
Source: 中国气象局

Famous people

• Zhao Shangzhi, Commander of the Northeast Anti-Japan United Army during World War II. A well-known national hero who devoted his life to the Northeastern struggle against Japanese occupation. He was captured and beheaded after a traitor leaked his whereabouts to the Japanese.
• Zhao Yiman, A well-known national heroine who was killed by the Japanese invaders because she refused to leak the secrets about communist operations.
• Liu Qing, captain of Women's Basketball National Team in the 1980s