Yongcheng 永城市 Yungcheng | |
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 Location in Henan | |
  Yongcheng Location in Henan | |
| Coordinates:33°55′48″N116°27′00″E / 33.9299°N 116.4500°E /33.9299; 116.4500 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Shangqiu |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,068 km2 (798 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 1,241,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 476600 |
| Area code | 0370 |
| Website | http://www.ycs.gov.cn/ |
Yongcheng (Chinese:永城;pinyin:Yǒngchéng) iscounty-level city inHenan province, China, and is the easternmostcounty-level division of the province, borderingAnhui province on all sides except the northwest and due north. Yongcheng has significant coal deposits and some insignificant magnet deposits. In 2014, Yongcheng was upgraded to a provincially directly administered city.
It is the former site ofShiyuan (柿园), the capital ofHan-eraLiang. It includes the excavated mausoleum of the fabulously wealthyLiu Wu, prince of Liang, now a museum (柿园汉墓) famed for its murals.
In 2015, thousands of students in Yongcheng 3rd High School (永城三高) led a riot expressing dissatisfaction following the assault of an elderly woman by school staff. They damaged school property and police vehicles before the situation was de-escalated through mediation.[2]
Yongcheng is located in theHuai River Basin, in the easternmost part ofHenan Province, with an average elevation of 33 meters. TheTuo hui River passes through the northern part of the western urban area and the southern part of the eastern urban area. The Mang Mountain is located in the northernMangshan Town. TheChina National Highway 311 runs through the east and west, and theS32 Yongcheng–Dengfeng Expressway runs through the south.
As of 2012[update], this city is divided to 11 towns and 18 townships.[3]
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| Climate data for Yongcheng, elevation 32 m (105 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) | 18.4 (65.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 38.4 (101.1) | 40.5 (104.9) | 41.0 (105.8) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.9 (98.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.3 (90.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 20.6 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 2.9 (37.2) | 15.1 (59.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.7 (40.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | 10.5 (50.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.3 (2.7) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −11.1 (12.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 5.5 (41.9) | −1.9 (28.6) | −9.8 (14.4) | −21.9 (−7.4) | −21.9 (−7.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 17.6 (0.69) | 20.5 (0.81) | 35.3 (1.39) | 41.4 (1.63) | 72.0 (2.83) | 104.2 (4.10) | 208.3 (8.20) | 142.7 (5.62) | 63.9 (2.52) | 43.4 (1.71) | 31.7 (1.25) | 16.3 (0.64) | 797.3 (31.39) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 87.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 68 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 79 | 83 | 77 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 71 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 119.1 | 127.6 | 160.9 | 189.2 | 198.3 | 177.2 | 170.2 | 170.6 | 160.9 | 156.2 | 134.2 | 127.5 | 1,891.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 38 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 39 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 43 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||