42°13′25″N123°43′34″E / 42.2237°N 123.7260°E
Tieling 铁岭市 T'ieh-ling | |
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![]() The Tieling City Government Building with Ruyi Lake | |
![]() Location of Tieling City jurisdiction in Liaoning | |
Coordinates(Yinzhou District government): 42°17′12″N123°50′33″E / 42.2866°N 123.8424°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Liaoning |
Municipal seat | Tieling County |
Districts and Counties | List
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Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Wu Yesong |
• Mayor | Sun Yi |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 12,966 km2 (5,006 sq mi) |
• Urban | 638 km2 (246 sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,434 km2 (940 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) [2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,388,294 |
• Density | 180/km2 (480/sq mi) |
• Urban | 459,985 |
• Urban density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
• Metro | 699,675 |
• Metro density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 112000 |
Area code | 24 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-LN-12 |
Licence plates | 辽M |
Administrative division code | 211200 |
Website | www.tieling.gov.cn |
Tieling (simplified Chinese :铁岭; traditional Chinese :鐵嶺; pinyin :Tiělǐng; lit. 'iron peak') is one of 14 prefecture-level cities in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.
As of the 2020 census, Tieling was home to 2,388,294 people, whom 699,675 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Yinzhou District and Tieling County, Qinghe District not being conurbated yet. Tieling is a multiethnic area where the majority is Han and the minorities, like the Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Hui, Xibo, Uygur, and ethnic Russians, live in a compact community. The minorities make up 23.2% of the total population. [3]
Tieling has jurisdiction over 7 divisions:
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Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
Yinzhou District | 银州区 | Yínzhōu Qū | 340,000 | 203 | 1,675 |
Qinghe District | 清河区 | Qīnghé Qū | 100,000 | 423 | 236 |
Diaobingshan City | 调兵山市 | Diàobīngshān Shì | 240,000 | 263 | 913 |
Kaiyuan City | 开原市 | Kāiyuán Shì | 580,000 | 2,825 | 205 |
Tieling County | 铁岭县 | Tiělǐng Xiàn | 380,000 | 2,231 | 170 |
Xifeng County | 西丰县 | Xīfēng Xiàn | 350,000 | 2,699 | 130 |
Changtu County | 昌图县 | Chāngtú Xiàn | 1,030,000 | 4,322 | 238 |
Climate data for Tieling (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.6 (99.7) | 37.6 (99.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 37.6 (99.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | 6.5 (43.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 23.8 (74.8) | 15.9 (60.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | 13.8 (56.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) | −7.0 (19.4) | 1.0 (33.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | −0.2 (31.6) | −8.3 (17.1) | 8.2 (46.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) | −12.3 (9.9) | −4.2 (24.4) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.0 (66.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | −4.8 (23.4) | −13.0 (8.6) | 3.1 (37.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −34.6 (−30.3) | −29.0 (−20.2) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −7.8 (18.0) | 0.7 (33.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 0.1 (32.2) | −8.8 (16.2) | −20.8 (−5.4) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −34.6 (−30.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.9 (0.23) | 6.4 (0.25) | 18.3 (0.72) | 36.8 (1.45) | 49.9 (1.96) | 88.6 (3.49) | 178.7 (7.04) | 163.1 (6.42) | 60.9 (2.40) | 34.9 (1.37) | 18.0 (0.71) | 9.0 (0.35) | 670.5 (26.39) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 88.2 |
Average snowy days | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 27.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 54 | 49 | 47 | 52 | 64 | 78 | 79 | 69 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 61 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 188.4 | 200.4 | 237.7 | 234.8 | 264.6 | 239.7 | 212.5 | 216.9 | 239.5 | 212.3 | 172.3 | 164.5 | 2,583.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 67 | 64 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 46 | 51 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 59 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020) [4] [5] |
There are several sightseeing spots:
Tieling has abundant precious metal and mineral resources, including gold, silver, and aluminum. [6]
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