Jishou 吉首市 ·Jiersouv Kishow | |
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 Location of Jishou City within Xiangxi | |
  Jishou Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:28°16′34″N109°42′43″E / 28.276°N 109.712°E /28.276; 109.712[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Xiangxi |
| Municipal seat | Qianzhou Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 1,062.46 km2 (410.22 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 48.00 km2 (18.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
| 408,812 | |
• Estimate (2017) | 386,000 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 291,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4160XX |
| Website | www |
Jishou (Chinese:吉首;pinyin:Jíshǒu;Tujia: Jiersouv) is acounty-level city and the seat ofXiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture,Hunan province, China.
Located in western Hunan province, the city is bordered to the northwest byHuayuan andBaojing Counties, to the northeast byGuzhang County, to the southeast byLuxi County, to the southwest byFenghuang County. Jishou City covers 1,078.33 km2 (416.35 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 301,000 and a resident population of 286,400.[5]
Jishou has a history of more than 2,000 years dating back to theQin dynasty. In those days, it was affiliated withQianzhong Prefecture (黔中郡). During theSong dynasty, a town government was established in a stockaded village, Zhenxi (镇溪寨;鎮溪寨), which in theMing dynasty became the Zhenxi soldiers and civilians battalion (镇溪军民千户所;鎮溪軍民千戶所).the age allowed is more than +18Qianzhou Prefecture (乾州厅) was created during theQing dynasty. During theRepublic of China era it was known as Qian County (乾县;乾縣) In 1953 the area was renamed Jishou county, with two adjacent cities, Jishou and Qianzhou. In 1982 Jishou city became the capital ofXiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The city of Qianzhou (乾城) now lies just south of Jishou city.[6]
Jishou has 6subdistricts, 5towns and 1township under its jurisdiction,[7] the seat of the city isQianzhou Subdistrict.
Jishou lies east of the Wuling Mountain range. About 80% of the city's terrain is low hills or low mountains. The highest elevation is 964.5 meters, at Liantaifeng (莲台峰;蓮台峰, near the town of Aizhai (矮寨) and the lowest point is 142 meters, near the town of Hexi (simplified Chinese:河溪镇;traditional Chinese:河溪鎮).[8] The Dong River (峒河), a tributary of theYuan River, runs west to east through the city.
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| Climate data for Jishou, elevation 255 m (837 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.2 (100.8) | 35.1 (95.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.5 (85.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.7 (53.1) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 12.6 (54.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 17.1 (62.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20 (68) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −3.7 (25.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.1 (37.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 4.2 (39.6) | −1.4 (29.5) | −3.9 (25.0) | −4.1 (24.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 50.2 (1.98) | 53.6 (2.11) | 82.9 (3.26) | 134.8 (5.31) | 210.3 (8.28) | 240.8 (9.48) | 240.6 (9.47) | 132.6 (5.22) | 99.5 (3.92) | 100.6 (3.96) | 68.1 (2.68) | 33.5 (1.32) | 1,447.5 (56.99) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.8 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 157.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 10 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 42.7 | 47.4 | 63.6 | 90.3 | 111.5 | 108.5 | 177.3 | 190.6 | 135.2 | 97.1 | 83.6 | 63.5 | 1,211.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 13 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 42 | 47 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 27 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
Jishou County had a population of 291,200 in the year 2008, including an agricultural population of 163,100, or 56% of the population. The urban population was 192,500. About 77.3% of the population belonged to theMiao orTujia minorities, with 121,000 Miao and 101,200 Tujia. Members of China's predominant Han ethnic group comprise the rest of the population.[11]
Jishou has two institutions of higher education:
In 2001, the gross domestic product in Jishou was 19.45 billion yuan, with a revenue of 1.45 billion yuan. Jishou produces fruits, especially kiwis and oranges, vegetables, livestock and poultry, and tobacco.[12] Tourism is becoming an important industry, since the ancient city ofFenghuang, is about 30 minutes away and Dehang National Park is about 40 minutes away.
According to preliminary estimation, the gross domestic product in 2018 was CN¥16,762 million ($2,533 million), up by 10.1 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was CN¥716 million ($108 million), up by 3.5 percent, that of the secondary industry was CN¥4,841 million ($732 million), up by 11.8 percent and that of the tertiary industry was CN¥11,206 million ($1,693 million), up by 9.8 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 4.27 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 28.88 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 66.85 percent. The GDP per capita in 2018 was CN¥44,849 ($6,777), up by 5.9 percent compared with the previous year.[13]
