Jiyuan
Jiyuan (simplified Chinese: 济源; traditional Chinese: 濟源; pinyin: Jìyuán) is a sub-prefecture-level city in northwestern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders the prefecture-level cities of Jiaozuo and Luoyang to the east and southwest respectively, as well as the province of Shanxi to the north.
Jiyuan
济源市 Tsiyuan | |
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 Location of Jiyuan City jurisdiction in Henan | |
  Jiyuan Location in China | |
| Coordinates: 35°04′01″N 112°36′07″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,965 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 733,700 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 454650 |
| Area code | 0391 |
| GDP | ¥12.076 billion (2004) |
| Major Nationalities | Han |
| Township-level divisions | 16 |
| License plate prefixes | 豫U |
| Website | jiyuan |
Administration
The sub-prefecture-level city of Jiyuan administers 5 subdistrict and 11 towns.[3] Jiyuan is named after the Ji river whose source is said to be a spring located on the west of the city.
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- Towns
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Mythology
- A famous Chinese mythology The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains may come from this area. Mountains mentioned in this myth are Taihang and Wangwu.
History
Jiyuan was a county belonging to Jiaozuo City in the past, then it was divided from the city. The former Ji River—one of the ancient "Four Rivers", alongside the Yangtze, Huai, and Yellow Rivers—originated around Jiyuan, which was the source of its name, Chinese for "Source of the Ji". (Today, the Ji has been entirely subsumed by the Yellow River, which shifted to the bed of the Ji during its massive 1852 flood.)[4] According to the latest archaeological findings, as early as around 10,000 years ago, precisely at the end of the Paleolithic Period and the beginning of the Neolithic Period, people have lived here. It used to be the capital of the Xia Dynasty and was well known for its wealth between the Period of Warring States and Han Dynasty.
In Shang dynasty it was a Fang state - Ya (亞方).
Agriculture
There are many crops grown in Jiyuan, such as wheat, peanut, cotton, sweet potato, maize and other crops.
Climate
| Climate data for Jiyuan (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) | 20.5 (68.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
40.5 (104.9) |
42.6 (108.7) |
41.6 (106.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
35.1 (95.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
42.6 (108.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.3 (0.37) |
12.3 (0.48) |
19.1 (0.75) |
32.2 (1.27) |
52.0 (2.05) |
68.9 (2.71) |
141.8 (5.58) |
105.5 (4.15) |
77.0 (3.03) |
39.2 (1.54) |
24.9 (0.98) |
5.7 (0.22) |
587.9 (23.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 77.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 11.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 59 | 59 | 63 | 62 | 60 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 69 | 66 | 59 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 114.4 | 127.6 | 160.1 | 189.5 | 212.2 | 191.7 | 161.4 | 163.7 | 145.2 | 144.3 | 134.1 | 132.7 | 1,876.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 36 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 49 | 44 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 44 | 42 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
External links
- Government website of Jiyuan (available in Chinese only)
References
Citations
- 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- "济源市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- Pletcher & al. (2011), p. 171.
- 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
Bibliography
- Pletcher, Kenneth; et al., eds. (2011), "The Major Cities of Northern China", The Geography of China: Sacred and Historic Places, Understanding China, New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, pp. 151–182, ISBN 9781615301348.
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