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Not to be confused with Yangzhou in Jiangsu
Yanzhou
兖州区
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit of Yanzhou
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit of Yanzhou
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShandong
Prefecture-level cityJining
Township-level divisions5 subdistricts
7 towns
Municipal seatGulou Subdistrict (鼓楼街道)
Government
 • MayorZhang Yuhua (张玉华)
Area
 • District
651 km2 (251 sq mi)
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • District
600,000
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
 • Urban
100,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
272100
Area code0537
Licence plate prefixesH
Major nationalitiesHan-99.55%
GDP2007
 - Total24,216 billion
 - Per capita¥13,976
Websiteyanzhou.gov.cn

Yanzhou (postal: Yenchow; simplified Chinese: 兖州; traditional Chinese: 兗州; pinyin: Yǎnzhōu) is a district and former county-level city under the administration of Jining, in the southwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China.

Administration

Yanzhou administers 5 subdistricts and 7 towns:[1]

Subdistricts (街道)

Towns (镇)

History

Yanzhou was the first place to install the "school-fields" xuetian in 1022, during the Song dynasty.[2]

In early European sources, based on accounts by French missionaries, the name of Yanzhou (Fu) is transcribed in the contemporary French manner, as Yen-tcheou-fou;[3] however, when reading 18th- and 19th-century books in French or English, care should be taken not to confuse Yanzhou in Shandong with the identically transcribed Yanzhou in Zhejiang.[4]

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 13.58 °C (56.4 °F). More than 70% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September, with barely any occurring in the winter months. The city receives 2,461 hours of bright sunshine annually. Giuseppe Sportelli has been bishop from 2008 to 2011.

Climate data for Yanzhou (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °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)
19.5
(67.1)
Mean daily minimum °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)
8.4
(47.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.4
(0.33)
8.9
(0.35)
20.6
(0.81)
31.7
(1.25)
49.4
(1.94)
82.2
(3.24)
184.2
(7.25)
142.2
(5.60)
65.3
(2.57)
41.7
(1.64)
16.4
(0.65)
9.2
(0.36)
660.2
(25.99)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 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
Average relative humidity (%) 66 61 60 61 65 64 80 82 76 72 71 68 69
Mean monthly 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
Percent possible sunshine 53 54 55 61 61 57 47 54 56 59 57 54 56
Source: China Meteorological Administration

Economy

2012 GDP reached 50.62 billion yuan, up 13.1 percent; local fiscal revenue 3.008 billion yuan, an increase of 22.65%; major economic indicators higher than the provincial average, income growth higher than the GDP growth rate of urban and rural residents. First three quarters of 2012, the GDP of 41.35 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9%; 1–10 months, local fiscal revenue 3.13 billion yuan, up 14.4 percent; 17.94 billion yuan in fixed assets investment, an increase of 22.9%.[5] Yanzhou Coal Mining Company is headquartered in Yanzhou.

Transportation

Historic Sites

References

  1. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:兖州市 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  2. ^ Cambridge History of China, 5.1:695
  3. ^ E.g. in: Mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: par les missionnaires de Pékin, p. 361
  4. ^ An historical, geographical, and philosophical view of the Chinese empire: comprehending a description of the fifteen provinces of China, Chinese Tartary; tributary states; natural history of China; government, religion, laws, manners and customs, literature, arts, sciences, manufactures, &c (2 ed.). p. 83.
  5. ^ (Chinese)"济宁市兖州区经济社会发展概况,summary of yanzhou economy development"