Yanzhou
| Administration Type | County-level city Under Jining, Shandong Province |
| Area | 651 km² |
| Population | 600,000 |
| GDP - Total - Per Capita |
￥24,216 billion (2007) ￥13,976 (2007) |
| Major Nationalities | Han - 99.55% |
| Township-level divisions | 10 |
| CPC Committee Secretary | |
| Mayor | Zhang Shengming (张胜明) |
| Area code | 0537 |
| Postal Code | 272100 |
| License Plate Prefix | |
Yanzhou (simplified Chinese: 兖州; traditional Chinese: 兗州; pinyin: Yǎnzhōu) is a county-level city of Jining, in the southwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China.
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[edit] Administration
The County-level city of Yanzhou administers 10 township-level divisions.
[edit] Economy
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company is headquartered in Yanzhou.
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Climate
Yanzhou has a monsoon-influenced, four-season climate that lies in the transition between the humid subtropical (Köppen Cwa) and humid continental (Köppen Dwa) regimes. Winters are cold and dry while summers are hot and humid. Monthly daily average temperatures range from −1.3 °C (29.7 °F) in January to 26.8 °C (80.2 °F), while the annual mean temperature is 13.6 °C (56.5 °F). More than 70% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September, with barely any occurring in the winter months.
| Climate data for Yanzhou (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
19.51 (67.11) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
8.36 (47.04) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 8.4 (0.331) |
8.9 (0.35) |
20.6 (0.811) |
31.7 (1.248) |
49.4 (1.945) |
82.2 (3.236) |
184.2 (7.252) |
142.2 (5.598) |
65.3 (2.571) |
41.7 (1.642) |
16.4 (0.646) |
9.2 (0.362) |
660.2 (25.992) |
| % humidity | 66 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 68.8 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 72.4 |
| Sunshine hours | 164.5 | 166.5 | 202.7 | 236.8 | 263.2 | 244.5 | 205.4 | 224.1 | 208.5 | 205.5 | 174.6 | 164.6 | 2,460.9 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Yanzhou |
- Government website of Yanzhou (in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean)
- Yanzhou Daily on Net (in Simplified Chinese)
Coordinates: 35°33′N 116°49′E / 35.55°N 116.817°E
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