Jinzhou 晋州市 | |
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.jpg) Jinzhou railway station | |
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  Jinzhou Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates:38°02′02″N115°02′38″E / 38.034°N 115.044°E /38.034; 115.044 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Shijiazhuang |
| Township-level divisions | 9 towns 1 township |
| Established | November 1991 |
| Municipal seat | Jinzhou, Jinzhou |
| Area | |
| 619.0 km2 (239.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 90.78 km2 (35.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 582,000 | |
| • Density | 940/km2 (2,440/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 139,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 052200 |
| Area code | 0311 |
| Website | jzchina |
Jinzhou (simplified Chinese:晋州;traditional Chinese:晉州;pinyin:Jìnzhōu;lit. 'Jin Prefecture') is acounty-level city ofHebei Province,North China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofShijiazhuang, capital of Hebei. Until November 1991, it was known asJin County (simplified Chinese:晋县; traditional Chinese:晉縣; pinyin:Jìn Xiàn).
Jinzhou is located in central Hebei province, 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Shijiazhuang. It covers an area of 619 square kilometers, and as of 2010[update] census, has a population of about 537,700. It consists of nine towns and one township, as well as 224 villages.
Jinzhou has arecorded history of at least 2500 years. It was the hometown ofWei Zheng (魏征), a well-known and well-respected historical figure and official of earlyTang dynasty. It is also, according to the Chinese government, the "duck pear town" (鸭梨之乡).
There are 9 towns and 1 township:[2]
| Climate data for Jinzhou, elevation 42 m (138 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) | 16.8 (62.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.5 (104.9) | 42.6 (108.7) | 36.8 (98.2) | 36.1 (97.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 42.6 (108.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.7 (58.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 27.6 (81.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 19.5 (67.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | −0.3 (31.5) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −2.7 (27.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | −3.9 (25.0) | 9.3 (48.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.8 (0.0) | −17.3 (0.9) | −8.8 (16.2) | −1.3 (29.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | −3.8 (25.2) | −15.7 (3.7) | −22.8 (−9.0) | −22.8 (−9.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) | 5.0 (0.20) | 8.7 (0.34) | 24.2 (0.95) | 33.4 (1.31) | 54.2 (2.13) | 114.9 (4.52) | 114.2 (4.50) | 44.6 (1.76) | 23.9 (0.94) | 13.3 (0.52) | 3.1 (0.12) | 441.5 (17.37) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 63.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 9.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 54 | 50 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 59 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 61 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 152.3 | 162.8 | 213.6 | 229.2 | 253.5 | 221.8 | 182.5 | 193.4 | 190.3 | 176.2 | 150.6 | 148.3 | 2,274.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 50 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 50 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 51 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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