Yanzhou District
| Yanzhou 兖州 | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
兖州市 | |
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  Yanzhou | |
| Coordinates: 35°33′N 116°47′E / 35.550°N 116.783°ECoordinates: 35°33′N 116°47′E / 35.550°N 116.783°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Jining |
| Township-level divisions |
5 subdistricts 7 towns |
| Municipal seat | Gulou Subdistrict (鼓楼街道) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhang Yuhua (张玉华) |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 651 km2 (251 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • County-level city | 600,000 |
| • Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 100,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 272100 |
| Area code(s) | 0537 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 鲁H |
| Major nationalities | Han-99.55% |
| GDP | 2007 |
| - Total | ￥24,216 billion |
| - Per capita | ￥13,976 |
| Website | yanzhou.gov.cn |
Yanzhou (Chinese Postal Map Romanisation: 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)
- Gulou Subdistrict (鼓楼街道)—the municipal seat
- Longqiao Subdistrict (龙桥街道)
- Jiuxianqiao Subdistrict (酒仙桥街道)
- Wangyin Subdistrict (王因街道)
- Huangtun Subdistrict (黄屯街道)
Towns (镇)
- Da'an (大安镇)
- Xinyi (新驿镇)
- Yandian (颜店镇)
- Xinyan (新兖镇)
- Caohe (漕河镇)
- Xinglongzhuang (兴隆庄镇)
- Xiaomeng (小孟镇)
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.
| Climate data for Yanzhou (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
19.5 (67.1) |
| 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) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| 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) |
| Avg. 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 |
| % humidity | 66 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 68.8 |
| 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 | 55.7 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Economy
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company is headquartered in Yanzhou.
Transportation
References
- ↑ "2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：兖州市" (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ↑ Cambridge History of China, 5.1:695
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
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)
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