Panzhihua
Panzhihua
攀枝花 | |
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| 攀枝花市 | |
 Panzhihua | |
.png) Location of Panzhihua City jurisdiction (yellow) within Sichuan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| City seat | Dongqu (东区) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,440.398 km2 (2,872.754 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,157 m (3,796 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,100,800 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 617000 |
| Area code | 0812 |
| Website | http://www.pzhs.gov.cn/ |
Panzhihua (Chinese: 攀枝花; pinyin: Pānzhīhūa; Wade–Giles: P'an-chih-hua) is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province of Southwest China, on the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of 7,440.398 square kilometres (2,872.754 sq mi),[1] and a total population of 1,100,800 as of 2007.[2] It is the only city in China having a name of a flower, and its economy relies almost entirely on its giant mine, one of the biggest in China. The latter makes it a very polluted city, where the air condition is quite poor.
Geography and climate
Panzhihua is a treasure of natural resources, but remained a wasteland until 1960. It was founded on a remote headwater of the Yangtze River in 1966 as a steel production center. It grew rapidly as it remained relatively prosperous while the rest of the country was undergoing the Cultural Revolution. The city is home to the Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Group) Co, called "Pangang 攀钢", the leading steel company in southwest China. There remains a remnant population of the ancient cycad forests which were once home to the giant panda.
The area has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild (almost warm), very dry winters, and long, hot, and humid summers. Highs drop to 21 °C (70 °F) in December and January, quickly rebounding during the dry springs, and peak in May and June, unlike much of the rest of the province. Much of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Panzhihua (1988−2007) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5.5 (0.22) |
3.7 (0.15) |
8.2 (0.32) |
14.0 (0.55) |
57.9 (2.28) |
144.0 (5.67) |
221.1 (8.70) |
188.2 (7.41) |
139.2 (5.48) |
57.7 (2.27) |
16.9 (0.67) |
1.9 (0.07) |
858.3 (33.79) |
| Source: 中央气象台 | |||||||||||||
Geology
Panzhihua is close to Xigeda-Yuanmou fracture in the Sichuan-Yunnan border.[3] Its Renhe District was the epicenter of the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake.
Administrative divisions
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Dong District | 东区 | Dōng Qū | 320,000 | 167 | 1,916 |
| 2 | Xi District | 西区 | Xī Qū | 160,000 | 124 | 1,290 |
| 3 | Renhe District | 仁和区 | Rénhé Qū | 200,000 | 1,727 | 116 |
| 4 | Miyi County | 米易县 | Mǐyì Xiàn | 200,000 | 2,153 | 93 |
| 5 | Yanbian County | 盐边县 | Yánbiān Xiàn | 200,000 | 3,269 | 61 |
Transport
Panzhihua is a highly industrialized area, which is dominated by a truly gigantic mining operation. Most of the land not in use for mining is taken up by subsistence farming.
Panzhihua is linked to Chengdu and Kunming by rail.
With Panzhihua Airport, Panzhihua is also linked by Air to Chengdu.
Education
- Panzhihua University
- The city's top high schools are the No.3 Panzhihua high school (located downtown) and the no.7 high school (located in the western district (Qinxiangping))
References
- ^ "Nature Resources of Panzhihua" (in Chinese). Official website of Panzhihua Government. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Demographics of Panzhihua" (in Simplified Chinese). Official website of Panzhihua Government. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ "Roughly: Part III of emergency response to the M6.1 earthquake at the border of Renhe-Huili, Sichuan: Seismic formation background. (四川攀枝花市仁和区-凉山州会理县交界6.1级地震现场应急工作系列报道之三地震构造背景)" (in Chinese). China Earthquake Administration, CEA (中国地震局门户网). 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-09-07.