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Suizhou 随州市 Suichow | |
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 Suizhou Qingnian Road Lieshan Avenue intersection, eastern view | |
.png) Location of Suizhou City in Hubei | |
  Suizhou Location of the city centre in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Suizhou municipal government):31°41′24″N113°22′55″E / 31.690°N 113.382°E /31.690; 113.382 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| County-level divisions | 2 |
| Township-level divisions | 54 |
| Municipal seat | Zengdu District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Ma Qingming (马清明) |
| • Mayor | Liu Xiaoming |
| Area | |
| 9,636 km2 (3,720 sq mi) | |
| • Urban (2017)[1] | 266.00 km2 (102.70 sq mi) |
| • Districts[1] | 1,425.4 km2 (550.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| 2,580,000 | |
| • Density | 268/km2 (693/sq mi) |
| • Urban (2017)[1] | 508,000 |
| • Districts[1] | 1,873,000 |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 78.5 billion US$ 12.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 35,901 US$ 5,764 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 441300 |
| Area code | 722 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HB-13 |
| Website | suizhou |
Suizhou (simplified Chinese:随州;traditional Chinese:隨州;pinyin:Suízhōu), formerlySui County (simplified Chinese:随县; traditional Chinese:隨縣; pinyin:Suí Xian, Suixian), is aprefecture-level city in northernHubei province, People's Republic of China, borderingHenan province to the north and east.
The Sui in Suizhou is derived from the ancient 'Suishizu' (随氏族).[3]
Theprefecture-level city of Suizhou administers 5county-level divisions, including 1district, 1county-level city, 1county and 2 other areas.[4][5][6]
These are further divided into 54township-level divisions, including 36towns, 11townships and 7subdistricts.
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Suizhou has a long history. During the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period (771−221 BCE), it was the territory of the State of Sui/Zeng and within the cultural sphere of the State of Chu. As aprefecture-level city Suizhou has a short history with its current status only granted by theState Council in June 2000.
| Climate data for Suizhou (Zengdu District), elevation 107 m (351 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.6 (97.9) | 37.7 (99.9) | 39.5 (103.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 39.5 (103.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 21.4 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 4.7 (40.5) | 16.0 (60.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 0.7 (33.3) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) | −9.5 (14.9) | −4.8 (23.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.7 (51.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | −12.3 (9.9) | −12.3 (9.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 28.8 (1.13) | 36.2 (1.43) | 55.7 (2.19) | 85.3 (3.36) | 122.4 (4.82) | 156.9 (6.18) | 179.8 (7.08) | 129.3 (5.09) | 67.8 (2.67) | 73.8 (2.91) | 41.7 (1.64) | 19.4 (0.76) | 997.1 (39.26) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 110.2 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 111.4 | 113.1 | 149.4 | 168.3 | 174.6 | 167.5 | 191.7 | 194.4 | 154.1 | 150.3 | 133.8 | 122.5 | 1,831.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 35 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 41 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
The Catholic minority is pastorally served by its own (dormant?) pre-diocesanApostolic Prefecture of Suixian (隨縣) which is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on theHoly See (and its missionaryDicastery for Evangelization), not part of anyecclesiastical province.
It was established on 1937.06.17 as Apostolic Prefecture of Suixian (隨縣) / Suihsien / Suihsienen(sis) (Latin adjective), on territory split off from theApostolic Vicariate of Hankou (漢口).
It is vacant since 1951, without apostolic administrator since 1981, having had only the following incumbents:
Suizhou is served by theHankou–Danjiangkou Railway.
随州之"随"，其名最早源于远古的"随氏族"。
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下辖曾都区、随县、广水市、随州经济开发区、大洪山风景管理区
2000年第五次全国人口普查，随州市总人口2484688人。其中：曾都区1598752人、广水市885936人。{...} 2009年5月，国务院批准设立随县，以随州市曾都区部分乡镇为随县行政区域。7月29日，随县正式成立
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