Yuncheng
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Yuncheng
运城市 | |
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 Haizhou Guandi Temple | |
.png) Location of Yuncheng City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Yuncheng Location of the city center in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Yulin municipal government): 35°01′36″N 111°00′25″E / 35.0267°N 111.0070°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 13 |
| Municipal seat | Yanhu District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • Communist Party Secretary | Wang Yuyan |
| • Mayor | Wang Qingxian (王清宪) |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 14,183 km2 (5,476 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 88.90 km2 (34.32 sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 1,237.0 km2 (477.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 370 m (1,210 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,134,779 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 430,000 |
| • Urban density | 4,800/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 1,070,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 044000 |
| Area code | 0359 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-08 |
| License Plate | 晋M |
| Administrative division code | 140800 |
| Yuncheng | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 运城 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 運城 | ||||||||
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Yuncheng is the southernmost prefecture-level city in Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan and Shaanxi provinces to the south and west. At the 2010 census, its population was 5,134,779 inhabitants, of whom 680,036 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Yanhu District.[3]
History
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In early China,[when?] it was the location of the state of Kunwu (昆吾).
Administration
The Municipal executive, legislature and judiciary are in Yanhu District (盐湖区), together with the CPC and Public Security Bureau.
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| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | |
| Yanhu District | 盐湖区 | Yánhú Qū | 680,036 | 1,237 | 501 | |
| Yongji City | 永济市 | Yǒngjì Shì | 444,724 | 1,221 | 352 | |
| Hejin City | 河津市 | Héjīn Shì | 395,527 | 593 | 607 | |
| Ruicheng County | 芮城县 | Ruìchéng Xiàn | 394,849 | 1,161 | 327 | |
| Linyi County | 临猗县 | Línyī Xiàn | 572,508 | 1,350 | 393 | |
| Wanrong County | 万荣县 | Wànróng Xiàn | 439,364 | 1,037 | 405 | |
| Xinjiang County | 新绛县 | Xīnjiàng Xiàn | 332,473 | 600 | 533 | |
| Xia County | 夏县 | Xià Xiàn | 352,821 | 1,328 | 264 | |
| Jishan County | 稷山县 | Jìshān Xiàn | 347,425 | 680 | 485 | |
| Wenxi County | 闻喜县 | Wénxǐ Xiàn | 404,150 | 1,160 | 328 | |
| Jiang County | 绛县 | Jiàng Xiàn | 281,643 | 968 | 279 | |
| Pinglu County | 平陆县 | Pínglù Xiàn | 258,241 | 1,151 | 217 | |
| Yuanqu County | 垣曲县 | Yuánqǔ Xiàn | 231,018 | 1,620 | 136 | |
Climate
Yuncheng has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with four distinct seasons.[4] Due to its southerly location and position to the north of the Zhongtiao Mountains, allowing for downsloping when winds are from the south, it is among the warmest locales in the province. Winters are cold and very dry, while summers are hot and humid. Monthly mean temperatures range from −0.6 °C (30.9 °F) in January to 27.5 °C (81.5 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 14.23 °C (57.6 °F). Over 60% of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 45% in March to 54% in May and July, the city receives 2,219 hours of bright sunshine annually, low by Shanxi standards and north China.
| Climate data for Yuncheng (Yanhu District) 1981−2010 normals, extremes 1951−2010 | |||||||||||||
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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) |
25.2 (77.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
40.2 (104.4) |
42.7 (108.9) |
41.4 (106.5) |
40.8 (105.4) |
40.0 (104.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
20.1 (68.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
0.6 (33.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.5 (0.18) |
6.9 (0.27) |
16.4 (0.65) |
31.4 (1.24) |
52.2 (2.06) |
63.5 (2.50) |
95.0 (3.74) |
88.7 (3.49) |
82.8 (3.26) |
53.2 (2.09) |
19.1 (0.75) |
4.6 (0.18) |
518.3 (20.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 74.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 149.0 | 147.1 | 166.0 | 199.6 | 232.9 | 226.6 | 227.7 | 223.8 | 177.0 | 166.7 | 151.5 | 150.7 | 2,218.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 48 | 45 | 51 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Notable Residents
- Guan Yu, general and deified historical figure
- English author Justin Hill lived and worked in Yuncheng from 1992–1995. He wrote about his 3 years there in his first book, A Bend in the Yellow River.
Transportation
- China National Highway 209
- G59 Hohhot–Beihai Expressway
- Datong–Xi'an Passenger Railway, with frequent service to Beijing, Taiyuan, and Xi'an.[7] Besides the Yuncheng North Railway Station (near Yuncheng's central city), the railway also has stations at Yongji and Wenxi.
- Yuncheng Guangong Airport
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 2010年运城市第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "China: Shānxī (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Updated Asian Map of the Köppen system". wikimedia.org. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Yuncheng North schedule Archived 28 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
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