Jinzhong, formerly Yuci,is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China,bordering Hebei province to the east. As of the 2020 census,its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However,5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts,largely conurbated.[2]
Jinzhong has a continental,monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (KöppenBSk),[4] with cold and very dry winters,and hot,humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −5.5°C (22.1°F) in January to 24.2°C (75.6°F) in July,and the annual mean is 10.39°C (50.7°F). Typifying the influence of the East Asian Monsoon,over two-thirds of the annual 388 millimetres (15.3in) of precipitation occurs from June to September.
Climate data for Jinzhong (Yuci District),1981–2010
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan,whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 people in 2010.
Demographics
According to the Seventh National Census in 2020,the city’s Permanent Population (hukou) was 3,379,498,[6] with males accounting for 50.89% and females for 49.11%. In the age structure,16.42% are aged 0–14,64.62% are aged 15–59,18.96% are over 60,and 12.99% are over 65.[7]
↑ Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., and McMahon, T. A.: Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1633-1644, doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007, 2007.
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