Zichuan, Zibo
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Zichuan District
Tri xuyên khu | |
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 Location in Zibo | |
  Zichuan Location in Shandong | |
| Coordinates:36°38′37″N117°58′01″E/ 36.64361°N 117.96694°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Zibo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 960 km2(370 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 640,700 |
| • Density | 670/km2(1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8(China Standard) |
| Postal code | 255100 |
| Area code | +86 0533 |
| Website | www |
TheZichuan District(Chinese:Tri xuyên khu;pinyin:Zīchuān Qū) is one of eight divisions within the city ofZiboin theChineseprovince ofShandong.As the largest district ofZibo,it is composed of an urban area of over 23 square kilometers,[1]and 17 towns that administer vast rural areas, almost 1,000 square kilometers in total. Zichuan is an important industrial center of Shandong.
Although administratively not a city, downtown Zichuan is known to locals as the "Zichuan City". The urban area has an estimated population of 20,000 while the total population of Zichuan District is over 670,000 in 2013. Southern Zichuan extends into the Shandong Hills, while the northern part of the district, located on plains, is more densely populated. Zichuan is the hometown of Chinese writerPu Songling,who wrote his most famous workLiaozhai Zhiyihere.
History[edit]
During the first years of WestHan dynasty,Zichuan was set up with its Panyang as its first name as a county. Panyang means south of River Pan. Zichuan City was once a stone-walled city with four big gates in theMing dynastyand extended to its present scale mainly in the recent decades. Zichuan is also a name connected to river. Zi is a might river miles away to the west, and Chuan is river in Chinese.
After thousands of years slow development relying on agriculture, Zichuan had undergone an economic breakthrough since the discovery of its coal resource. The years when China was under colonial invasion a century ago the 1800s, it was the German who start dig coals first. Following the foundation of new China, or the People's Republic of China, in 1956, Zichuan was set up as a district and is one of the few two districts of Zibo within the next limited years.
Administrative divisions[edit]
As 2012, this county is divided to 4 subdistricts, 15 towns and 2 townships.[2]
- Subdistricts
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- Towns
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- Townships
- Ezhuang Township (Nga trang hương)
- Zhangzhuang Township (Trương trang hương)
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Zichuan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.8 (105.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.7 (99.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
20.0 (67.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
9.7 (49.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.2 (−2.6) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 6.9 (0.27) |
14.1 (0.56) |
14.5 (0.57) |
31.4 (1.24) |
63.9 (2.52) |
80.2 (3.16) |
161.8 (6.37) |
195.0 (7.68) |
64.1 (2.52) |
32.0 (1.26) |
27.1 (1.07) |
10.0 (0.39) |
701 (27.61) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 78.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 12.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 57 | 53 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 72 | 77 | 70 | 64 | 62 | 59 | 60 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 146.5 | 149.6 | 202.8 | 226.1 | 254.0 | 220.8 | 183.5 | 177.7 | 179.9 | 180.8 | 157.1 | 146.5 | 2,225.3 |
| Percentpossible sunshine | 47 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 50 | 41 | 43 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 49 | 50 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Cityscape[edit]
Under the jurisdiction of Zichuan City, four street offices are set to take charge of the citizens' daily affairs such as education, sanitation and community services. Like many Chinese localities, there is hardly any strict division between different facilities or functional components. All neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, businesses, and shops are spread throughout the city without definition. Usually, the "city" is divided into these areas: Nanguan, Beiguan, Dongguan, Xiguan, Hongshan, Chengnan, Huangjiapu, etc.
Well-known landmarks of Zichuan City include Middle Streets, Liuquan Square, Lake Liuxian, Zichuan Garments Town, Liaozhai Town and Beishan Park.
Economy[edit]
Zichuan has a typical economic structure of heavily industrialized zones. In 2008, Proportion of the first industry, the second industry and third industry is 1.88:63.63:34.49. Total GDP the year is 25.85 billion Yuan. The large concentration of architectural ceramics of Zichuan make 60% of the total output of Zibo's ceramics industry. They also count for 30% of the GDP in Zichuan. Zichuan also boasts for Zichuan Garments Town-one of China's biggest cloths markets. An annual Domestic trading expo of quite large scale is held within the market.
The cost living of Zichuan and the whole Zibo area is among the lowest in East China-the most prosperous region in China. Housing costs are still on a reasonable level along of the development of the economy. Housing prices of it is the third or fourth-highest of the five districts in Zibo.
References[edit]
- ^Zichuan GovernmentArchivedJune 24, 2009, at theWayback Machine,Retrieved on Oct.28,09.
- ^Tri bác thị - hành chính khu hoa võng www.xzqh.org(in Chinese). XZQH.Retrieved2012-05-24.
- ^Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng – WeatherBk Data(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved12 August2023.
- ^ Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved12 August2023.