Laoling 乐陵市 Loling | |
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 Laoling TV tower in 2024 | |
 Laoling in Dezhou | |
  Laoling Location of the city center in Shandong | |
| Coordinates:37°43′48″N117°13′55″E / 37.730°N 117.232°E /37.730; 117.232 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,173 km2 (453 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 676,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 253600 |
Laoling (simplified Chinese:乐陵;traditional Chinese:樂陵;pinyin:Làolíng[3]), often mispronounced asLeling, is acounty-level city in the northwest ofShandong province, China, borderingHebei province to the north. Laoling has more than 640,000 inhabitants (1999) and is under the jurisdiction ofDezhou City.
As of 2012[update], this city is divided to 4 subdistricts, 8 towns and 4 townships.[4]
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| Climate data for Laoling, elevation 12 m (39 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 37.7 (99.9) | 40.7 (105.3) | 40.2 (104.4) | 36.2 (97.2) | 34.9 (94.8) | 31.6 (88.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 19.0 (66.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | 7.1 (44.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | 13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) | −4.4 (24.1) | 1.6 (34.9) | 8.2 (46.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5.3 (22.5) | 8.0 (46.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −15.7 (3.7) | −10.4 (13.3) | −3.0 (26.6) | 2.5 (36.5) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 4.4 (39.9) | −3.4 (25.9) | −13.2 (8.2) | −17.8 (0.0) | −21.7 (−7.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) | 8.2 (0.32) | 8.7 (0.34) | 25.8 (1.02) | 42.5 (1.67) | 82.1 (3.23) | 173.2 (6.82) | 142.5 (5.61) | 39.0 (1.54) | 28.0 (1.10) | 17.3 (0.68) | 3.8 (0.15) | 574.2 (22.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 63.5 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 76 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 66 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 161.3 | 166.9 | 217.7 | 237.8 | 268.1 | 242.4 | 203.9 | 207.6 | 207.7 | 199.7 | 165.5 | 155.3 | 2,433.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 53 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 52 | 55 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Laoling has no train station or airport. The nearest train station is about 80km away, and the nearest airport is about 110km away. However, there are many highways passing through Laoling, especially the famousG2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, which runs through Laoling, making Laoling a city with well-developed road transportation.
The main industries in Laoling include agricultural and sideline processing and seasoning industry, auto parts industry and sports equipment industry mainly led by Taishan Sports Group. In addition to traditional industries,[8] there are also cultural industries such as film and television bases.
Laoling is famous forChinese date. Also Boiled Fried Chicken (HuangMianJi, 黄面鸡) is the local cuisine that often offers during the Spring Festival.
Laoling City has a national 4A scenic area “Wanmu Zaolin Forest Tourist Area”,[9] and Laoling Chinese-date museum[10] which is a local museum of Jujube.
There are a number of hotels in Laoling City that offer residential services to tourists from home and abroad.
Laoling has public and private primary and secondary schools and high schools, but no university.
Laoling has a long history and traditional Chinese mainland culture.[11] In 2024,Laoling Film Studio was established in Laoling, shooting wonderful movies and TV series, attracting film and television fans.[12]
ㄌㄠˋ{...}山東省有樂陵。
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