Tai'an 泰安市 | |
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 Location of Tai'an City jurisdiction in Shandong | |
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| Coordinates (Tai'an municipal government):36°12′07″N117°05′13″E / 36.202°N 117.087°E /36.202; 117.087 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| County-level divisions | 6 |
| Municipal seat | Taishan District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Cui Honggang[1] |
| • Mayor | Li Xixin |
| Area | |
| 7,762 km2 (2,997 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,086.8 km2 (805.7 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,086.8 km2 (805.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 167 m (548 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,645 m (5,397 ft) |
| Population (2019 census)[2] | |
| 5,635,000 | |
| • Density | 726.0/km2 (1,880/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,735,425 |
| • Urban density | 831.62/km2 (2,153.9/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,735,425 |
| • Metro density | 831.62/km2 (2,153.9/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 365 billion US$ 55.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 64,714 US$ 9,779 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 271000 |
| Area code | 538 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SD-09 |
| License Plate Prefix | 鲁J |
| Website | www |
Tai'an (Chinese:泰安;pinyin:Tài'ān) is aprefecture-level city in WesternShandong Province of thePeople's Republic of China. Centered onMount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital ofJinan to the north,Zibo to the east,Linyi to the southeast,Liaocheng to the extreme west andJining to the south. To the west, Tai'an is separated from the province ofHenan by theYellow River.
Its population was 5,494,207 as of the 2010 census, of whom 1,735,425 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of two urban districts (Taishan District andDaiyue District).
Theprefecture-level city of Tai'an administers sixcounty-level divisions, including twodistricts, twocounty-level cities and twocounties.
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Tai'an is named afterMount Tai. In Chinese, Tai (泰) means "significant". Thus, the nameTai'an is derived from the ancient saying: "If Mount Tai is stable (安;ān), then the four seas (the world) are safe."[4]
Tai'an was home to theDawenkou culture during theNeolithic era. During theSpring and Autumn period and theWarring States period, the region belonged to the states ofQi andLu. The site of major historical and cultural significance in the area isMount Tai. It attracted multiple emperors throughout the dynasties tovisit, offer sacrifice to the heaven gods and pray for harvest.Confucius,Sima Qian,Cao Zhi,Li Bai,Du Fu and other litterateurs visited here and many great works were produced.Taoist temples such asDai Temple were built here and became pilgrimage sites.
In 1909, German colonials built Tai'an-Fu Railway Station along with the construction ofTianjin–Pukou railway (Tientsin–Pukow railway). On 10 November of the following year, the first train service passed through the station.[5]
On 1 May 1928,Chiang Kai-shek, the leader ofKMT and nationalist revolutionary army, commanded the attack of Tai'an and occupied it the next day.[6]
In October 1937, exiled students from Peking, Tianjin and other major cities arrived in Tai'an seeking asylum after the north of Yellow river was occupied by the Japanese forces. On 24 December 1937, Japanese troops crossed the Yellow River, occupied Jinan on the next day, and bombed Tai'an. On the night of 31 December, the Japanese occupied Tai'an.[7] Local resistants were assembled autonomously to fight against the occupation.[8]
Tai'an holds significant historical and cultural importance due to its association with Mount Tai, which is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Worship at Mount Tai began in prehistoric times where thereligious Confucianism ritualFeng Shan would be performed by thekings of Zhou and lateremperors of China. While the last traditional Feng Shan was performed in 1790, Tai'an holds an annual large-scale live performance called "Chinese Taishan·Fengshan Grand Ceremony".[9][10]
Tai'an is atourist city, and the Tai'an government has also been trying to promote the development of tourism in Tai'an.[11]
Tai'an is centered on the south side ofMount Tai.Dongping Lake is the biggest lake.
Tai'an lies in the northern temperate zone and has a continental, semi-humidmonsoon climate. The average annual temperatures are −2.1 °C (28.2 °F) (January), 12.8 °C (55.0 °F) (annual average), and 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) (July). The average annual precipitation is 681 mm (26.8 in).
| Climate data for Tai'an, elevation 129 m (423 ft), (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) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 38.6 (101.5) | 40.7 (105.3) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.0 (104.0) | 34.6 (94.3) | 31.6 (88.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 19.6 (67.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.1 (35.8) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 6.9 (44.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | 13.7 (56.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 8.9 (48.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.1 (48.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | −3.9 (25.0) | 8.7 (47.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −12.6 (9.3) | −5.7 (21.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.1 (55.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 1.8 (35.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | −12.6 (9.3) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −22.4 (−8.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 5.2 (0.20) | 11.9 (0.47) | 13.8 (0.54) | 33.4 (1.31) | 55.8 (2.20) | 85.2 (3.35) | 201.3 (7.93) | 160.3 (6.31) | 64.2 (2.53) | 27.7 (1.09) | 25.3 (1.00) | 7.6 (0.30) | 691.7 (27.23) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 73.5 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 10.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 58 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 78 | 80 | 74 | 69 | 66 | 62 | 64 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 163.6 | 166.4 | 213.5 | 235.3 | 261.5 | 228.5 | 190.8 | 200.2 | 194.6 | 198.7 | 170.6 | 162.1 | 2,385.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 53 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 52 | 43 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 54 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[12][13] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[14] | |||||||||||||
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Tai'an is served byTai'an railway station on theBeijing–Shanghai high-speed railway andTaishan railway station on theBeijing–Shanghai railway.
Tai'an is served by theG2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and on theTai-Lai Expressway (west-east from Tai'an toLaiwu). There is a four-lane highway from Tai'an to theJinan Yaoqiang International Airport. Within Tai'an there are large tree lined avenues throughout the city.
The nearest major airport is Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport, about 120 km (75 mi) to the north.
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