Suining 遂宁市 Sui-ning | |
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 Location of Suining in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates (Suining municipal government):30°31′59″N105°35′35″E / 30.533°N 105.593°E /30.533; 105.593 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city established | February 1985 |
| Municipal seat | Chuanshan District |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Li jiang[1] |
| • Mayor | Liu Huiyin[2] |
| Area | |
| 5,326 km2 (2,056 sq mi) | |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
| 2,814,196 | |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,612,641 |
| GDP[4] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 91.6 billion US$ 14.7 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 27,868 US$ 4,474 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 629000 |
| Area code | (0)825 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-SC-09 |
| Licence Plate Prefixes | 川J |
Suining (simplified Chinese:遂宁;traditional Chinese:遂寧;Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2;Sichuanese pronunciation:[ɕy˨˦nin˨˩];pinyin:Sùiníng;Wade–Giles:Sui-ning) is aprefecture-level city of easternSichuan province inSouthwest China. According to the2020 census, Suining had a population of 2,814,196, with 1,612,641 living in built up(or metro) areas.[3]
Suining is located in the center of theSichuan Basin and on the central reaches of theFu River, borderingChongqing,Guang'an andNanchong to the east,Neijiang andZiyang to the south, the provincial capital ofChengdu to the west, andDeyang andMianyang to the north. Itsprefecture, or administrative, area ranges in latitude from 30° 10' 50" to 31° 10' 50" N, or 108.9 kilometres (67.7 mi) and in longitude from 105° 03' 26" to 106° 59' 49" E, or 90.3 kilometres (56.1 mi). While much of the prefecture is mountainous, the urban area itself, which occupies 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi), is located on flat land.
Suining has amonsoon-influencedhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa) and is largely mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. Winter is short, mild, and foggy, though actual precipitation is low. January averages 6.6 °C (43.9 °F), and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot and humid, with the daily average in July and August around 27 °C (81 °F), with August being slightly warmer. Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and 75% of the annual total occurs from May to September.
| Climate data for Suining, elevation 355 m (1,165 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.4 (97.5) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.6 (101.5) | 42.7 (108.9) | 40.1 (104.2) | 31.7 (89.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 21.7 (71.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 6.0 (42.8) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −2.1 (28.2) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.9 (62.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 0.7 (33.3) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.8 (25.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 14.0 (0.55) | 16.2 (0.64) | 30.4 (1.20) | 59.2 (2.33) | 95.8 (3.77) | 168.8 (6.65) | 187.7 (7.39) | 148.7 (5.85) | 111.8 (4.40) | 71.3 (2.81) | 26.5 (1.04) | 13.5 (0.53) | 943.9 (37.16) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.9 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 128.1 |
| Average snowy days | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 81 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 36.4 | 49.2 | 88.3 | 123.5 | 125.7 | 107.7 | 154.6 | 164.1 | 92.7 | 58.8 | 49.9 | 27.3 | 1,078.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 11 | 16 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 36 | 40 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 24 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[7] | |||||||||||||
According to local legend, Suining is the Hometown ofGuanyin and her sisters. A folk song declares that one resides at Lingquan Temple, another at Guangde Temple, while only the third sister is afar, in the Putuo Mountains of Southern China.[8]
There exists Lingquan Temple, Guangde Temple, and the Dead Sea, which are regarded as the 4A scenic zone. And there is also aCeladon Museum of Sichuan, which is referred to as a 3A scenic zone.
The percentage of land-covered forests of Suining is approximately 34%, it's the first Provincial Environmental Protection City in Sichuan. The 30,000-capacitySuining Sports Centre Stadium is located in the city. The stadium opened in 2014 and it is used mostly for football matches.
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| Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2020) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
| Chuanshan District | 船山区 | Chuánshān Qū | 822,863 | 618 | 1,331 |
| Anju District | 安居区 | Ānjū Qū | 431,310 | 1,258 | 343 |
| Pengxi County | 蓬溪县 | Péngxī Xiàn | 430,344 | 1,251 | 344 |
| Shehong | 射洪市 | Shèhóng Shì | 732,380 | 1,496 | 490 |
| Daying County | 大英县 | Dàyīng Xiàn | 387,299 | 703 | 551 |
Suining is the junction for theDazhou–Chengdu andSuining–Chongqing Railways, which collective form the westernmost section of theShanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway.
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