Yongzhou 永州 Yungchow | |
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Coordinates(Yongzhou municipal government): 26°25′12″N111°36′47″E / 26.420°N 111.613°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hunan |
Seat | Lengshuitan District |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 22,255.31 km2 (8,592.82 sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,177.3 km2 (1,226.8 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,177.3 km2 (1,226.8 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census) [1] | |
• Prefecture-level city | 5,289,824 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,146,692 |
• Urban density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,146,692 |
• Metro density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
GDP [2] | |
• Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 241.0 billion US$ 35.7 billion |
• Per capita | CN¥ 46,853 US$ 6,967 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 425000 |
Area code | 0746 |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HN-11 |
Official Language | Standard Chinese |
Dialects | Yongzhou dialect Xiangnan Tuhua Qiyang dialect |
Website | yzcity |
Yongzhou | |||||||||||
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Chinese | 永州 | ||||||||||
Postal | Yungchow | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Eternal Prefecture" | ||||||||||
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Yongzhou is a prefecture-level city in the south of Hunan province,People's Republic of China,located on the southern bank of the Xiang River,which is formed by the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers,and bordering Guangdong to the southeast and Guangxi to the southwest. With a history of 2000 years,Yongzhou is one of the four ancient counties in Hunan. Its total area is 22,255.31 square kilometres (8,592.82 sq mi),and at the 2020 Chinese census it had a total population of 5,289,824,of whom 1,146,692 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts.
During late imperial China,Yongzhou was also the seat of a prefecture.
In 2016,with the approval of the State Council,Yongzhou City was included in the List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China.
Yongzhou is the southernmost prefecture-level division of Hunan,and is located at the confluence of the Xiao (Xiaoshui) and Xiang Rivers. Within its borders is the Nan Mountains (Nan Ling),which increases the complexity of climatic variation. It borders Chenzhou to the east,Hezhou (Guangxi),Guilin (Guangxi) and Qingyuan (Guangdong) to the south,and Hengyang and Shaoyang to the north. Its area spans around 22,400 km2 (8,650 sq mi).
Yongzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa),with a 1981–2010 annual mean temperature of 18.03 °C (64.5 °F),although within the prefecture-level city the range during 1971–2000 was 17.6 to 18.6 °C (63.7 to 65.5 °F). [3] Winters are mild and brief,beginning somewhat dry and turning wet and gloomy as the season progresses. Spring is very rainy,especially in May,which is the wettest month. Summer is very hot and humid,with moderate levels of rain,and generous sunshine;on average,July and August are the only two months where the area receives more than half of possible sunshine. Autumn is the driest season. From January to May,on average,more than half of the days each month receive some precipitation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 6.1 °C (43.0 °F) in January to 29.0 °C (84.2 °F) in July. The annual precipitation is around 1,426 mm (56 in). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 15% in February and March to 58% in July,the city receives 1,491 hours of sunshine annually.
Climate data for Yongzhou (Lengshuitan District,1991–2020 normals,extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.7 (99.9) | 40.1 (104.2) | 41.1 (106.0) | 39.4 (102.9) | 37.0 (98.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 41.1 (106.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 29.7 (85.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 22.8 (73.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 18.5 (65.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 10.9 (51.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 15.4 (59.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) | −5.4 (22.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.8 (30.6) | −6.5 (20.3) | −7.0 (19.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.7 (2.90) | 84.4 (3.32) | 146.1 (5.75) | 145.5 (5.73) | 180.2 (7.09) | 184.5 (7.26) | 104.3 (4.11) | 124.8 (4.91) | 57.3 (2.26) | 67.5 (2.66) | 76.6 (3.02) | 52.8 (2.08) | 1,297.7 (51.09) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 14.9 | 14.8 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 15.1 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 158.7 |
Average snowy days | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 78 | 76 | 79 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 49.5 | 52.0 | 62.8 | 97.5 | 124.4 | 130.2 | 226.7 | 193.2 | 140.8 | 117.9 | 105.5 | 85.6 | 1,386.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 54 | 48 | 39 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 31 |
Source 1:China Meteorological Administration [4] [5] | |||||||||||||
Source 2:Weather China [6] |
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The current CPC Party Secretary of Yongzhou is Li Hui and the current Mayor is Zhu Hongwu.
According to the 7th National Population Census in 2020,the permanent resident population of the city is 5,289,824. [8] [9] Compared to the 5,194,275 people in the sixth national population census,there has been a total increase of 95549 people in the past decade,an increase of 1.84%,and an average annual growth rate of 0.18%.
Yongzhou City is a multi-ethnic area. There are 49 ethnic groups in the city,including 48 ethnic minorities. The permanent population of ethnic minorities is 561,342,accounting for 10.61%;the registered population of ethnic minorities is 740,639,accounting for 11.57%,both ranking fourth in the province. [10]
Country | City | State / Region | Since |
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Sri Lanka | Nuwara Eliya [12] | Central Province | 2009 |
Malaysia | Klang [13] | Selangor |
Three judges were killed and three court staff were injured by submachine gun in the 2010 Yongzhou courthouse shooting. [14] The assailant was apparently angry at the Chinese justice system about the results of his divorce settlement. [15]
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