Chongzhou 崇州市 | |
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.png) Location of Chongzhou in Sichuan | |
  Chongzhou Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates:30°38′06″N103°40′09″E / 30.63500°N 103.66917°E /30.63500; 103.66917 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Sub-provincial city | Chengdu |
| Municipal seat | Chongyang Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,090 km2 (420 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 735,723 |
| • Density | 607/km2 (1,570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 6112XX |
| Website | chongzhou |
Chongzhou (Chinese:崇州;pinyin:Chóngzhōu), known asChongqing County (simplified Chinese:崇庆县;traditional Chinese:崇慶縣) until 1994, is acounty-level city ofSichuan Province,Southwest China, it is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofChengdu, located about 37 km (23 mi) west-southwest of downtown Chengdu.[citation needed] Thefirst Catholic synod in China was held in this city in 1803, convened byLouis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse.[1]
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Chongzhou is accessible by road from central Chengdu via the 65.1 km (40.5 mi)-longS8 Chengdu–Wenjiang–Qionglai Expressway, just outside the Chengdu greater ring road. The largest sports venue by capacity in the city is the 22,000-capacityChongzhou Sports Centre Stadium. It is used mostly for football matches.[citation needed]
Chongzhou administers 6 subdistricts and 9 towns:[2]
| Climate data for Chongzhou, elevation 542 m (1,778 ft), (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) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 30.1 (86.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.5 (95.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 12.1 (53.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 10.7 (51.3) | 20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 16.5 (61.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 13.4 (56.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.9 (39.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.4 (24.1) | −4.7 (23.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 9.4 (0.37) | 13.4 (0.53) | 29.6 (1.17) | 51.3 (2.02) | 81.0 (3.19) | 116.2 (4.57) | 227.6 (8.96) | 252.5 (9.94) | 132.6 (5.22) | 48.1 (1.89) | 19.5 (0.77) | 7.8 (0.31) | 989 (38.94) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 153.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 48.6 | 55.2 | 82.2 | 109.5 | 110.2 | 98.9 | 115.2 | 122.9 | 60.1 | 45.9 | 50.4 | 47.7 | 946.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 21 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
