Jiaohe, Jilin
Jiaohe (Chinese: 蛟河; pinyin: Jiāohé) is a middle-sized county-level city in east-central Jilin province, People's Republic of China, bordering Heilongjiang to the northeast. It is under the administration of Jilin City, 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the west, and it is well known for its production of tobacco. The mayor of the city is Wang Gang (王钢).
Jiaohe
蛟河市 | |
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![A view of Jiaohe railway station [zh]](../I/Jiaohe_Railway_Station%252C_Building_and_Front_Square.jpg.webp) A view of Jiaohe railway station | |
 Jiaohe in Jilin City | |
  Jiaohe Location in Jilin | |
| Coordinates: 43°43′26″N 127°20′41″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Jilin City |
| Seat | Henan Subdistrict (河南街道) |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 6,235 km2 (2,407 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • County-level city | 489,000 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 146,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 132500 |
The sister city (or twin town) of Jiaohe is Folsom, California, United States.
Administrative divisions
The city administers 7 subdistricts, 8 towns, 1 township, and 1 ethnic township.[2]
The city's 7 subdistricts are Minzhu Subdistrict, Chang'an Subdistrict, Henan Subdistrict, Naizishan Subdistrict, Lafa Subdistrict, Hebei Subdistrict, and Xinnong Subdistrict.[2]
The city's 8 towns are Xinzhan, Tiangang, Baishishan, Piaohe, Huangsongdian, Tianbei, Songjiang, and Qingling.[2]
The city also administers Qianjin Township and Wulin Korean Ethnic Township.[2]
Geography
The city borders the county-level city of Dunhua to the east, Huadian to the south, and Fengman District to the west.[3] The Songhua River and the Mudan River both run through the city.[3]
Climate
Jiaohe has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa/Dwb). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, due to the influence of the Siberian anticyclone, with a January mean temperature of −18.0 °C (−0.4 °F). Spring and autumn are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are very warm and humid, with a prevailing southeasterly wind due to the East Asian monsoon; July averages 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). Snow is usually light during the winter, and annual rainfall is heavily concentrated from June to August.
| Climate data for Jiaohe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
35.8 (96.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
4.4 (40.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
0.7 (33.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.8 (−43.2) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−31.0 (−23.8) |
−37.9 (−36.2) |
−41.8 (−43.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.9 (0.23) |
9.3 (0.37) |
16.2 (0.64) |
34.9 (1.37) |
70.4 (2.77) |
107.3 (4.22) |
161.1 (6.34) |
157.5 (6.20) |
64.6 (2.54) |
34.6 (1.36) |
21.5 (0.85) |
11.6 (0.46) |
694.9 (27.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.7 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 125.9 |
| Average snowy days | 9.9 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 55.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.1 | 176.1 | 203.1 | 201.3 | 220.5 | 215.9 | 198.7 | 189.8 | 201.3 | 181.9 | 139.4 | 125.6 | 2,198.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 50 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 50 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The city's main agricultural products include rice, maize, and beans.[3]
Mineral deposits in Jiaohe include coal, copper, iron, nickel, granite, kyanite, diatomite, peat, and dolomite.[3]
Transport
The Changchun-Tumen railway, and the Lafa–Harbin railway both run through the city.[3]
The city's main thoroughfares include National Highway 302 and Jilin Provincial Highway 204.[3]
See also
References
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- 2019年统计用区划代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- 蛟河市概况地图. xzqh.org (in Chinese). 2011-03-22. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- 蛟河 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 28 November 2022.