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Jinzhong 晋中市 Kinchung | |
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 Hall of Great Accomplishment in the Confucious Temple of Pingyao | |
.png) Location of Jinzhong City jurisdiction in Shanxi | |
  Jinzhong Location of the city center in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates (Jinzhong municipal government):37°41′17″N112°45′09″E / 37.6880°N 112.7526°E /37.6880; 112.7526 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| County-level divisions | 12 |
| Municipal seat | Yuci District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Prefecture-level city |
| • CPC Jinzhong Secretary | Zhang Pu (张璞) |
| • Mayor | Wu Qinghai (吴清海) |
| Area | |
| 16,408 km2 (6,335 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,361 km2 (912 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,787 km2 (1,076 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census[2]) | |
| 3,379,498 | |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,226,617 |
| • Urban density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,433,659 |
| • Metro density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 146.9 billion US$ 23 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 43,461 US$ 6,954 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 030600 |
| Area code | 0354 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SX-07 |
| Licence plates | 晋K |
| Administrative division code | 140700 |
| Website | sxjz |
| Jinzhong | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 晉中 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 晋中 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Central Jin | ||||||||
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| Yuci | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 榆次 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Elm Place | ||||||||
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Jinzhong, formerlyYuci, is aprefecture-level city in east centralShanxi province of thePeople's Republic of China, borderingHebei province to the east.As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of whom 1,226,617 lived in theYuci andTaigu urban districts. However, 5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.[2]
Lingshi County was the location of theNanshan Colliery disaster.
In 1999, the area was considered sufficientlyurbanized that JinzhongPrefecture became aprefecture-level city, with its former seat at Yuci becoming itscounty-levelYuci District.
Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
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| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2003 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Yuci District | 榆次区 | Yúcì Qū | 530,000 | 1,327 | 399 |
| Taigu District | 太谷区 | Tàigǔ Qū | 280,000 | 1,034 | 271 |
| Jiexiu City | 介休市 | Jièxiū Shì | 380,000 | 743 | 511 |
| Yushe County | 榆社县 | Yúshè Xiàn | 140,000 | 1,651 | 85 |
| Zuoquan County | 左权县 | Zuǒquán Xiàn | 160,000 | 2,028 | 79 |
| Heshun County | 和顺县 | Héshùn Xiàn | 140,000 | 2,251 | 62 |
| Xiyang County | 昔阳县 | Xīyáng Xiàn | 230,000 | 1,943 | 118 |
| Shouyang County | 寿阳县 | Shòuyáng Xiàn | 210,000 | 2,111 | 99 |
| Qi County | 祁县 | Qí Xiàn | 260,000 | 854 | 304 |
| Pingyao County | 平遥县 | Píngyáo Xiàn | 490,000 | 1,260 | 389 |
| Lingshi County | 灵石县 | Língshí Xiàn | 240,000 | 1,206 | 199 |
Jinzhong has a continental,monsoon-influencedsemi-arid climate (KöppenBSk),[4] with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −5.5 °C (22.1 °F) in January to 24.2 °C (75.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 10.39 °C (50.7 °F). Typifying the influence of theEast Asian Monsoon, over two-thirds of the annual 388 millimetres (15.3 in) of precipitation occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Jinzhong (Yuci District), 1981–2010 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 37.1 (98.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 35.8 (96.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.1 (75.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 3.2 (37.8) | 17.4 (63.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.6 (40.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 2.7 (36.9) | −3.7 (25.3) | 10.4 (50.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) | −7.4 (18.7) | −1.6 (29.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.8 (53.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | −2.7 (27.1) | −8.9 (16.0) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −15.7 (3.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.6 (52.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | −0.2 (31.6) | −6.9 (19.6) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −22.3 (−8.1) | −22.3 (−8.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) | 3.3 (0.13) | 9.9 (0.39) | 21.0 (0.83) | 37.2 (1.46) | 52.2 (2.06) | 81.9 (3.22) | 87.8 (3.46) | 54.0 (2.13) | 27.0 (1.06) | 9.9 (0.39) | 1.7 (0.07) | 387.9 (15.28) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 47 | 45 | 44 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 55 | 50 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5] | |||||||||||||
Theprefecture-level city houses severalShanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearbyTaiyuan, whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 peoplein 2010.
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