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Panjin 盘锦市 | |
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.png) Location of Panjin City in Liaoning | |
  Panjin Location of the city centre in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates (Panjin Library):41°07′04″N122°03′55″E / 41.1177°N 122.0654°E /41.1177; 122.0654 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Districts and Counties | List
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| Government | |
| • CPC Panjin | Committee Secretary |
| Area | |
| 3,825.2 km2 (1,476.9 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 545.2 km2 (210.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,825.2 km2 (1,476.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 1,389,691 | |
| • Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,166,481 |
| • Urban density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,389,691 |
| • Metro density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 125.7 billion US$ 20.2 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 87,351 US$ 14,025 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 124000 |
| Area code | 427 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-LN-13 |
| Licence plates | 辽L |
| Administrative division code | 211300 |
| Website | panjin |
Panjin (simplified Chinese:盘锦;traditional Chinese:盤錦;pinyin:Pánjǐn) is a coastalprefecture-level city in centralLiaoning province,People's Republic of China, situated on the northern shore of theLiaodong Bay. It bordersAnshan to the east,Yingkou to the southeast, andJinzhou to the west and north. It is the smallest city in both Liaoning and the entireNortheast China with an administrative area of 3,825 square kilometres (1,477 sq mi), and Liaoning's least populous city with a population of 1,389,691 people as of the 2020 census, all in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts and Dawa and Panshan counties now largely being conurbated.
Panjin has administrative jurisdiction over 3districts and 1county.
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| # | Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| 1 | Xinglongtai District | 兴隆台区 | Xīnglóngtái Qū | 380,000 | 194 | 1,959 |
| 2 | Shuangtaizi District | 双台子区 | Shuāngtáizi Qū | 190,000 | 62 | 3,065 |
| 3 | Dawa District | 大洼区 | Dàwā Qū | 390,000 | 1,683 | 232 |
| 4 | Panshan County | 盘山县 | Pánshān Xiàn | 290,000 | 2,145 | 135 |
Panjin was established as a prefecture-level city with its current boundaries by theState Council on June 5, 1984.
Panjin is located between 40°40'−41°27' N and 121°31'−122°28' E, with its urban section mainly on the historicalLiao RiverDelta. The Shuangtaizi River (which gives name to the city'sShuangtaizi District), formally the smaller westerndistributary but now the only lower section of the Liao River system, flows through the city and drains into theLiaodong Bay to its west between itsDawa District andPanshan County. TheDaliao River, historically Liao River's larger eastern distributary and the main lower section but now a separate river system since 1958, runs east of Panjin, serving as the border between it and the neighboring cities ofAnshan andYingkou.
Panjin is a majorcrude oil production centre of Northeast China, with access to theLiaohe Oil Field, which was once the third largest oil field in China behindDaqing andShengli Oil Fields.
Panjin has amonsoon-influencedhumid continental climate (Köppen Dwa). It has an annual mean temperature of 9.2 °C (48.6 °F) and receives over 2700 hours of sunshine a year.
| Climate data for Panjin (Dawa District), elevation 6 m (20 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | 0.9 (33.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 6.6 (43.9) | −0.9 (30.4) | 14.4 (57.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | 2.5 (36.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 2.2 (36.0) | −5.5 (22.1) | 9.8 (49.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) | −8.5 (16.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.2 (72.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | −1.8 (28.8) | −9.5 (14.9) | 5.8 (42.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 4.2 (0.17) | 5.8 (0.23) | 11.6 (0.46) | 30.8 (1.21) | 54.2 (2.13) | 75.5 (2.97) | 153.6 (6.05) | 165.8 (6.53) | 53.3 (2.10) | 39.5 (1.56) | 20.5 (0.81) | 6.9 (0.27) | 621.7 (24.49) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 69.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 16.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 58 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 72 | 81 | 80 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 61 | 65 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 206.8 | 209.0 | 252.1 | 253.6 | 276.4 | 232.7 | 205.5 | 220.1 | 234.1 | 217.8 | 183.5 | 187.2 | 2,678.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 69 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 62 | 52 | 45 | 52 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 66 | 61 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Major points of interest include:
Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus
Liaohe Petroleum Career Technical College
Panjin Vocational and Technical College
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