Pingliang 平凉市 | |
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 TheKongtong Mountains in Pingliang | |
.png) Location of Pingliang City jurisdiction in Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Pingliang municipal government):35°32′33″N106°39′54″E / 35.5424°N 106.6649°E /35.5424; 106.6649 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Municipal seat | Kongtong District |
| Area | |
| 11,196.71 km2 (4,323.07 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,398 m (4,587 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,857 m (9,373 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
| Population | |
| 1,848,607 | |
| • Density | 165.1027/km2 (427.6140/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 871,600 |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 34.8 billion US$ 5.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 16,595 US$ 2,664 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 744000 |
| Area code | 0933 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GS-08 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 甘L |
| Website | www |
Pingliang (simplified Chinese:平凉;traditional Chinese:平涼;pinyin:Píngliàng;lit. 'PacifyLiang') is aprefecture-level city in easternGansu province, China, borderingShaanxi province to the south and east and theNingxia Hui Autonomous Region to the north. The city was established in 376 AD.[1] It has a residential population of 2,125,300 in 2019.[1] The urban population is almost 900,000.[4]
Pingliang is well known for the nearbyKongtong Mountains, which are sacred toTaoism and location of the mythical meeting place of theYellow Emperor andGuangchengzi, an immortal.
TheBook of Sui andTongdian record that theAshina tribe who founded theFirst Turkic Khaganate (also known asGöktürk Khaganate) were from Pingliang.[5][6]
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| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | |
| Kongtong District | 崆峒区 | Kōngtóng Qū | 504,848 | 1,936 | 261 | |
| Huating City | 华亭市 | Huátíng Shì | 189,333 | 1,183 | 160 | |
| Jingchuan County | 泾川县 | Jīngchuān Xiàn | 281,145 | 1,409 | 200 | |
| Lingtai County | 灵台县 | Língtái Xiàn | 183,937 | 2,038 | 88 | |
| Chongxin County | 崇信县 | Chóngxìn Xiàn | 102,116 | 852 | 120 | |
| Zhuanglang County | 庄浪县 | Zhuānglàng Xiàn | 382,827 | 1,558 | 246 | |
| Jingning County | 静宁县 | Jìngníng Xiàn | 423,827 | 2,193 | 193 | |
Pingliang ranges in latitude from 34° 54' to 35° 46' N and in longitude from 105° 20' to 107° 51' E. Bordering prefecture-level cities areXianyang (Shaanxi) to the east,Baoji (Shaanxi) andTianshui to the south,Dingxi andBaiyin to the west, andGuyuan (Ningxia) andQingyang to the north. It is located on theLoess Plateau with elevations ranging from 890 to 2,957 metres (2,920 to 9,701 ft); the city proper itself is at an elevation of around 1,400 m (4,590 ft).
Due to its elevation of around 1,400 m (4,590 ft), Pingliang has amonsoon-influenced, four-season,humid continental climate (KöppenDwb), with cold but dry winters, and warm and humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −4.2 °C (24.4 °F) in January to 21.5 °C (70.7 °F) in July. Much of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September, and the annual mean temperature is 9.28 °C (48.7 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 46% in September to 65% in December, the city receives 2,381 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Pingliang (Kongtong District), elevation 1,347 m (4,419 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 6.1 (43.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 4.1 (39.4) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.4 (48.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | −2.4 (27.7) | 9.7 (49.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) | −5.1 (22.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | −6.9 (19.6) | 4.6 (40.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −15.2 (4.6) | −8.8 (16.2) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | −0.7 (30.7) | −7.9 (17.8) | −16.6 (2.1) | −24.3 (−11.7) | −24.3 (−11.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 4.0 (0.16) | 5.9 (0.23) | 13.1 (0.52) | 27.4 (1.08) | 44.4 (1.75) | 67.2 (2.65) | 103.8 (4.09) | 93.6 (3.69) | 77.5 (3.05) | 38.7 (1.52) | 8.8 (0.35) | 2.0 (0.08) | 486.4 (19.17) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 93.1 |
| Average snowy days | 6.2 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 25.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 54 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 64 | 57 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 189.9 | 167.1 | 196.3 | 220.8 | 239.4 | 236.0 | 225.6 | 208.9 | 157.9 | 170.2 | 182.7 | 191.1 | 2,385.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 61 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 43 | 49 | 60 | 63 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Pingliang is the birthplace ofHuangfu Mi, who wrote the first book onacupuncture,[9] of novelistNiu Sengru, and ofSouthern Song dynasty generals Wu Jie (吴玠) and Wu Lin.[1]
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