Yangjiang 阳江市 Yeungkong | |
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 Hailing Island in Yangjiang | |
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 Location of Yangjiang City jurisdiction in Guangdong | |
  Yangjiang Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Yangjiang municipal government):21°51′25″N111°58′59″E / 21.857°N 111.983°E /21.857; 111.983 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 4 |
| Municipal seat | Jiangcheng District |
| Government | |
| Area | |
| 7,955.27 km2 (3,071.55 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,482.5 km2 (958.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,482.5 km2 (958.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2020 census[1]) | |
| 2,602,959 | |
| • Density | 327.199/km2 (847.442/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,292,987 |
| • Urban density | 520.84/km2 (1,349.0/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,292,987 |
| • Metro density | 520.84/km2 (1,349.0/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 151.6 billion US$ 23.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 58,005 US$ 8,991 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 529500 (Urban center)529600, 529800, 529900 (Other areas) |
| Area code | 0662 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-17 |
| License Plate | 粤Q |
| MajorNationalities | Han |
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 "Yangjiang", as written in Chinese calligraphy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阳江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陽江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yángjiāng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Yèuhnggōng | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Yeungkong | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yangjiang (simplified Chinese:阳江;traditional Chinese:陽江),[a]alternatelyromanized via Cantonese asYeungkong, is aprefecture-level city in Guangdong, China. It bordersMaoming to the west,Yunfu to the north,Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to theSouth China Sea to the south. The local dialect is theGaoyang dialect, a branch ofYue Chinese. During the2020 census, its population was 2,602,959 residents of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up (or metro) and largely urbanized area comprisingJiangcheng District andYangdong District.[5]
Yangjiang County was previously part ofZhaoqing Prefecture.[6] It was later split off as a separate prefecture in its own right.
Theprefecture-level city of Yangjiang administers 4county-level divisions, including 2districts, 1county-level city and 1counties.
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| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010 census) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Jiangcheng District | 江城区 | Jiāngchéng Qū | 676,857 | 779,69 | 868 |
| Yangdong District | 阳东区 | Yángdōng Qū | 442,762 | 1,702.8 | 260 |
| Yangxi County | 阳西县 | Yángxī Xiàn | 452,625 | 1,435 | 315 |
| Yangchun | 阳春市 | Yángchūn Shì | 849,505 | 4,037.8 | 210 |
Yangjiang is located about 190 km (120 mi) fromGuangzhou, about 2.5 hours by bus. Notable areas include Zhapo Beach and Hailing Island near Shapa Town.
Yangjiang is the base of Yangjiang Shibazi, a knife manufacturer.
TheYangjiang Group artist collective is based in the city, and its members' work is largely inspired by the locality.
Yangjiang is home to six nuclear reactors, thelargest nuclear power station in China.
The city is named for theMoyang River.
The city was hit by a magnitude 5.9earthquake on July 25, 1969 which killed over 3,000 people. The area is known for its relatively high levels of naturalbackground radiation.[7]
Yangjiang has amonsoon-influencedhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa), with mild to warm winters and long, hot (but not especially so) summers, and very humid conditions year-round. Winter begins sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier. Spring is generally overcast, while summer brings the heaviest rains of the year though is much sunnier; there are 12.6 days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more rainfall. Autumn is sunny and dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 15.5 °C (59.9 °F) in January to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 22.74 °C (72.9 °F). The annual rainfall is around 2,221 mm (87 in), close to two-thirds of which occurs from May to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 18% in March to 55% in October, the city receives 1,757 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Yangjiang, elevation 90 m (300 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1952–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.8 (91.0) | 33.9 (93.0) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.3 (100.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 36.8 (98.2) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.1 (91.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.6 (79.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.6 (76.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 20.3 (68.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 2.2 (36.0) | −1.4 (29.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 44.2 (1.74) | 49.2 (1.94) | 83.3 (3.28) | 201.3 (7.93) | 393.4 (15.49) | 467.8 (18.42) | 372.7 (14.67) | 383.1 (15.08) | 264.5 (10.41) | 85.0 (3.35) | 43.2 (1.70) | 37.1 (1.46) | 2,424.8 (95.47) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.1 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 14.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 148.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 80 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 120.7 | 84.3 | 67.0 | 86.5 | 140.7 | 161.7 | 202.5 | 185.0 | 178.6 | 197.7 | 170.1 | 152.6 | 1,747.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 36 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 47 | 49 | 55 | 51 | 46 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[8][9][10]Extremes[11] | |||||||||||||
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