Suqian 宿迁市 Sutsien, Su-ch'ien | |
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 Location of Suqian City (red) in Jiangsu | |
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| Coordinates (Suqian municipal government):33°57′47″N118°16′30″E / 33.963°N 118.275°E /33.963; 118.275 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Municipal seat | Sucheng District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wang Tianqi (王天琦) |
| Area | |
| 8,555 km2 (3,303 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,108 km2 (814 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,108 km2 (814 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 4,986,192 | |
| • Density | 582.8/km2 (1,510/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,622,912 |
| • Urban density | 769.9/km2 (1,994/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,622,912 |
| • Metro density | 769.9/km2 (1,994/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 371.9 billion US$ 57.6 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 74,586 US$ 11,561 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
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| Area code | 527 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JS-13 |
| MajorNationalities | Han |
| County-level divisions | 5 |
| Township-level divisions | 115 |
| License Plate Prefix | 苏N |
| Website | www |
Suqian (simplified Chinese:宿迁;traditional Chinese:宿遷;pinyin:Sùqiān,IPA:[sû.tɕʰjɛ́n]) is aprefecture-level city in northernJiangsu Province, China. It bordersXuzhou to the northwest,Lianyungang to the northeast,Huai'an to the south, and the province ofAnhui to the west.
Suqian was said to be the site of a military grain store built when the Emperor Yuan of Jin reigned. Thus, the former Xiaxiang county where the store located was renamed Suyu (宿預; means "prepared" or "usually prepared") in 405. Then the county was annexed by Xuzhou and renamed Suqian in 762 because the homophone "yu (豫)" as the given name of theEmperor Daizong of Tang was deemed to beineffable.[3] The county was put under the jurisdiction of Huaiyang military prefecture during the Song dynasty, then was transferred to Pizhou after Jurchen's Jin took it. The county was administered by Huai'an military prefecture during 1272–75, but restored as a part of Pizhou afterwards. It was annexed by Xuzhou again in 1733.
The area was rife with banditry during the early years of the Republic of China. In Autumn 1917, six persons were executed as bandits in Suqian. "They cut off their arms, broke their legs, cut off their ears, punched out their eyes, skinned them, then cut off their heads, and finally cut out their hearts."[4] Suqian was put under the jurisdiction of Huaiyin in 1934. The county was converted as a county-level city in 1987, later was elevated to prefecture status in 1996.[5]
Suqian possesses the majority ofLuoma Lake, which is a major lake in theHuai River basin. The city is also home to the coldest temperature on record for Jiangsu at −23.4 °C (−10.1 °F) on February 5, 1969.
| Climate data for Suqian (Suyu District), elevation 25 m (82 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1969–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) | 26.1 (79.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.8 (91.0) | 36.6 (97.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.5 (99.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.6 (47.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 19.7 (67.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | 11.0 (51.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.6 (3.9) | −23.4 (−10.1) | −8.0 (17.6) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | −7.1 (19.2) | −16.5 (2.3) | −23.4 (−10.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 22.7 (0.89) | 26.5 (1.04) | 41.9 (1.65) | 46.9 (1.85) | 76.4 (3.01) | 127.9 (5.04) | 211.1 (8.31) | 180.1 (7.09) | 91.3 (3.59) | 41.8 (1.65) | 35.2 (1.39) | 20.2 (0.80) | 922 (36.31) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 88.2 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 9.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 68 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 72 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 143.5 | 143.7 | 181.4 | 200.7 | 211.5 | 182.1 | 175.4 | 180.5 | 172.9 | 177.1 | 153.3 | 151.1 | 2,073.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 45 | 46 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 42 | 40 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 47 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7] Weather China[8] | |||||||||||||
As of the2020 Chinese census, Suqian had a recorded population of about 4,986,192 whom 1,622,912 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Sucheng and Suyu urban districts.
Local Yanghe along withMaotai andWuliangye, are the three biggest manufacturers ofbaijiu.[9] Besides, several domestic companies followedJD.com to site theircall centres in Suqian.
G2513 Huai'an–Xuzhou Expressway
Suqian station on theXuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway is located in the southern outskirt of Suqian. Another station, Suqian East, is to be built on theWeifang–Suqian high-speed railway, now under construction as part of the second channel of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway.
Suqian College is the single institution in Suqian providing bachelor's degree education.
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Theprefecture-level city of Suqian administers 5county-level divisions, including 3counties and 2districts.
These are further divided into 115township-level divisions, including 111towns andtownship, and 4subdistricts.
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| Subdivision | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Population(2020) | Area(km2) | Density(/km2) |
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| Sucheng District | 宿城区 | Sùchéng Qū | 1,034,392 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
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| Suyu District | 宿豫区 | Sùyù Qū | 588,520 | 1,146 | 513.5 |
| Rural | |||||
| Shuyang County | 沭阳县 | Shùyáng Xiàn | 1,674,978 | 2,300 | 728.3 |
| Siyang County | 泗阳县 | Sìyáng Xiàn | 829,562 | 1,389 | 597.2 |
| Sihong County | 泗洪县 | Sìhóng Xiàn | 858,740 | 2,719 | 315.8 |
| Total | 4,986,192 | 8,572 | 581.7 | ||
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