Yuyao 余姚市 | |
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 TheTongji Bridge over theYaojiang River in downtown Yuyao. | |
 Yuyao in Ningbo | |
  Yuyao Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates:30°03′N121°09′E / 30.050°N 121.150°E /30.050; 121.150 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Sub-provincial city | Ningbo |
| Area | |
| 1,500.8 km2 (579.5 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,500.8 km2 (579.5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,861.4 km2 (1,104.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census[1]) | |
| 1,254,032 | |
| • Density | 835.58/km2 (2,164.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,254,032 |
| • Urban density | 835.58/km2 (2,164.1/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,083,520 |
| • Metro density | 1,077.6/km2 (2,791.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 315400 |
| Area code | 0574 |
| Website | www |
Yuyao (simplified Chinese:余姚;traditional Chinese:餘姚;pinyin:Yúyáo) is acounty-level city in the northeast ofZhejiang province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of thesub-provincial city ofNingbo.
It is located 40 km (25 mi) west of central Ningbo, 120 km (75 mi) east ofHangzhou, borderingHangzhou Bay in the north. Yuyao covers an area of 1,527 km2 (590 sq mi).
As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,254,032. Its built-up (or metro) area with the county-level city of Cixi largely conurbated, had 3,083,520 inhabitants.[2] However, recently the migrated workers and their families have increase the total population to about 1.6 million, but they do not show up in the official census and other related statistics data.
Yuyao lies in asubtropicalmonsoon zone, rich in sunshine and rain fall, warm and humid, distinct in the four seasons. The mean annual sunshine is 2,061 hours and the annual rate of sunshine is 47%. The mean annual temperature is 16 degrees Celsius, and the coldest months perennially are January and February, the hottest are July and August. The mean annual precipitation is around 1,300 millimeters and changes greatly from year to year. The hyetal distribution is also uneven during a year, and the rainfall centers onEast Asian rainy season (梅雨) (aka bai-u rainy period) from April to June andtyphoon period from July to December.
Yuyao offers a wide variety of landscape from wide open ocean inHangzhou Bay, rice fields in fertile plains to high spires inSiming Mountains.Yaojiang River originates inSiming Mountains in the south where the NinthFantasy world ofTaoism is located.Yaojiang River goes through the county and extends eastward intoEast China Sea as well asPacific Ocean.
In 2021,Typhoon In-fa caused 951.0 mm of rainfall to fall in Yuyao.[3]
| Climate data for Yuyao, elevation 38 m (125 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) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.5 (92.3) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.6 (99.7) | 39.0 (102.2) | 41.7 (107.1) | 41.3 (106.3) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.3 (91.9) | 28.6 (83.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 11.8 (53.2) | 22.0 (71.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 17.4 (63.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.9 (60.6) | 10.3 (50.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | 14.0 (57.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −4.8 (23.4) | −2.6 (27.3) | 1.2 (34.2) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 3.4 (38.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | −8.1 (17.4) | −8.1 (17.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 95.0 (3.74) | 83.5 (3.29) | 127.2 (5.01) | 106.8 (4.20) | 119.2 (4.69) | 210.9 (8.30) | 152.5 (6.00) | 205.1 (8.07) | 176.6 (6.95) | 95.9 (3.78) | 88.3 (3.48) | 77.8 (3.06) | 1,538.8 (60.57) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.9 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 155 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 101.5 | 106.9 | 130.1 | 156.3 | 168.0 | 138.7 | 229.1 | 210.1 | 155.5 | 150.9 | 120.3 | 118.4 | 1,785.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 31 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 33 | 54 | 52 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5]All-time October high[6] | |||||||||||||
Yuyao is well known for its rich heritage of civilization. TheNeolithicHemudu culture formed in Yuyao about 5,000 B.C. is one of the earliest sites of human civilization on earth. The material and ethical relics revealed large-scale rice plantation and other agricultural activities, hurdle style architecture, paddling and boating and respecting birds and sun.
Yuyao also produced many famous scholars in history—for example, Yan Zi-Ling during theHan dynasty;Yu Fan during theThree Kingdoms period; Yu Xi during theJin dynasty;Yu Shinan during theSui andTang dynasties; andWang Yangming, Zhu Shunshui, andHuang Zongxi during theMing dynasty. Wang Yangming and Huang Zongxi were ranked among China's top 10 ideologists. Yuyao was then named as "the Most Famous County" and "the Famous State on Literature". During theSecond Sino-Japanese War, Yuyao was one of China's 19 bases against the Japanese and was the center of anti-Japanese bases of easternZhejiang province.[citation needed]
Subdistricts:[7]
Towns:
The only township isLuting Township (鹿亭乡)
Yuyao is known as a place for rice and fish. Its economy has been booming as private enterprises dominate after the economic reform began in late 1970s. In 2007, GDP will reach RMB 34 billions, with double digit annual growth rates over the past 20 years. It ranked as one of the top-20 counties in terms of comprehensive economic strength out of all the 2100 counties in China. The industry products are mainly electric appliances, plastic moulding, machinery and textiles. High-tech industries such as materials, optical, electro-mechanical integration and fine chemical industry are developing rapidly. The main agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry products of Yuyao are tea, fruits like waxberry and mandarin orange, bamboo, silkworm, fowl, livestock and fish. Fresh produce is available in all seasons.
TheShanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway[1] andChina National Highway 329 andShanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway go through Yuyao. The world's longest trans-oceanic bridge – the 36 km (22 mi)Hangzhou Bay Bridge – was recently completed construction near the northern border of Yuyao. It reduced the cross bay traffic to only 80 km (50 mi) from the current 420 km (260 mi) section of Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway aroundHangzhou Bay.
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