Jiaohe 蛟河市 | |
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![A view of Jiaohe railway station [zh]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aJiaohe_Railway_Station%2c_Building_and_Front_Square.jpg) A view ofJiaohe railway station [zh] | |
 Jiaohe in Jilin City | |
  Jiaohe Location in Jilin | |
| Coordinates:43°43′26″N127°20′41″E / 43.7238°N 127.3448°E /43.7238; 127.3448 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Jilin City |
| Seat | Henan Subdistrict (河南街道) |
| Area | |
| 6,235 km2 (2,407 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 489,000 | |
| • Density | 78.4/km2 (203/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 146,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 132500 |
Jiaohe (Chinese:蛟河;pinyin:Jiāohé) is a middle-sizedcounty-level city in east-centralJilin province, People's Republic of China, borderingHeilongjiang to the northeast. It is under the administration ofJilin City, 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the west, and it is well known for its production of tobacco. The mayor of the city is Wang Gang (王钢).
Thesister city (or twin town) of Jiaohe isFolsom, California, United States.
The city administers 7subdistricts, 8towns, 1township, and 1ethnic township.[2]
The city's 7 subdistricts areMinzhu Subdistrict [zh],Chang'an Subdistrict [zh],Henan Subdistrict,Naizishan Subdistrict [zh],Lafa Subdistrict,Hebei Subdistrict, andXinnong Subdistrict [zh].[2]
The city's 8 towns areXinzhan,Tiangang [zh],Baishishan [zh],Piaohe [zh],Huangsongdian [zh],Tianbei [zh],Songjiang [zh], andQingling [zh].[2]
The city also administersQianjin Township [zh] andWulin Korean Ethnic Township [zh].[2]
The city borders thecounty-level city ofDunhua to the east,Huadian to the south, andFengman District to the west.[3] TheSonghua River and theMudan River both run through the city.[3]
Jiaohe has a four-season, monsoon-influenced,humid continental climate (KöppenDwa/Dwb). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, due to the influence of theSiberian anticyclone, with a January mean temperature of −18.0 °C (−0.4 °F). Spring and autumn are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are very warm and humid, with a prevailing southeasterly wind due to the East Asian monsoon; July averages 21.6 °C (70.9 °F). Snow is usually light during the winter, and annual rainfall is heavily concentrated from June to August.
| Climate data for Jiaohe, elevation 295 m (968 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 29.9 (85.8) | 32.4 (90.3) | 35.7 (96.3) | 35.8 (96.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 35.8 (96.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) | −4.8 (23.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 13.6 (56.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 1.3 (34.3) | −8.3 (17.1) | 10.7 (51.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) | −12.1 (10.2) | −2.6 (27.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | −14.4 (6.1) | 4.4 (40.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −8.3 (17.1) | 0.7 (33.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 0.5 (32.9) | −8.9 (16.0) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −1.1 (30.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.8 (−43.2) | −39.2 (−38.6) | −29.3 (−20.7) | −12.8 (9.0) | −7.2 (19.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | −17.8 (0.0) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −37.9 (−36.2) | −41.8 (−43.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 5.9 (0.23) | 9.3 (0.37) | 16.2 (0.64) | 34.9 (1.37) | 70.4 (2.77) | 107.3 (4.22) | 161.1 (6.34) | 157.5 (6.20) | 64.6 (2.54) | 34.6 (1.36) | 21.5 (0.85) | 11.6 (0.46) | 694.9 (27.35) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.7 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 125.9 |
| Average snowy days | 9.9 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 55.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 70 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 70 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 145.1 | 176.1 | 203.1 | 201.3 | 220.5 | 215.9 | 198.7 | 189.8 | 201.3 | 181.9 | 139.4 | 125.6 | 2,198.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 50 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 54 | 49 | 45 | 50 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
The city's main agricultural products include rice, maize, and beans.[3]
Mineral deposits in Jiaohe includecoal,copper,iron,nickel,granite,kyanite,diatomite,peat, anddolomite.[3]
TheChangchun-Tumen railway [zh], and theLafa–Harbin railway both run through the city.[3]
The city's main thoroughfares includeNational Highway 302 and Jilin Provincial Highway 204.[3]
