Xuancheng 宣城市 Suancheng | |
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| Coordinates (Xuancheng municipal government):30°56′20″N118°45′32″E / 30.939°N 118.759°E /30.939; 118.759 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| County-level divisions | 7 |
| Township-level divisions | 115 |
| Settled | 109BC |
| Municipal seat | Xuanzhou District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Han Jun (韩军) |
| Area | |
| 12,313 km2 (4,754 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,630 km2 (1,020 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| 2,500,063 | |
| • Density | 203.04/km2 (525.88/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 774,332 |
| • Urban density | 294/km2 (763/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 774,332 |
| • Metro density | 294/km2 (763/sq mi) |
| GDP[3] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 183.4 billion US$ 23.1 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 73,740 US$ 11,430 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 242000 |
| Area code | 0563 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-AH-18 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖P |
| Website | www |
Xuancheng (Chinese:宣城;pinyin:Xuānchéng;Xuanzhou Wu: Shye-san) is a city in the southeast ofAnhui province. Archeological digs suggest that the city has been settled for over 4,000 years, and has been under formal administration since the Qin dynasty.[4] Located in the lowerYangtze River drainage basin andYangtze River Delta, it bordersWuhu to the northwest,Chizhou to the west,Huangshan to the southwest, and the coastal provinces ofZhejiang andJiangsu to the southeast and northeast respectively.
Archeological digs in Xuancheng have found pottery and stoneware indicative of theLiangzhu Culture.[4]
During theSpring and Autumn period, the area belonged to theState of Wu, although, upon thedecline of Wu, the area was also ruled by theState of Chu and theState of Yue, respectively.[4]
Under theQin dynasty, the area was administered as ZhangCommandery (Chinese:鄣郡),[4] which became theDanyang Commandery [zh] in 109 BCE, under theWestern Han dynasty.[5] During the Danyang Commandery, Wanling (Chinese:宛陵, presentlyXuanzhou District, the site of the Xuancheng Municipal Government) served as the administrative center.[4] Xuanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of administration since then.[citation needed] In 281 CE,Xuancheng Commandery [zh] was established.[4]
Xuancheng became a prefecture-level city in 2000.[5]
Its terrain is varied and complicated, basically sloping downward from the south to the north. Itslandform can be approximately divided into five types:mountain,hill,valley andbasin,hillock andplain. The south and southeast regions belong to ranges ofTianmu Mountain, while the southwest and west regions are respectively parts of ranges of Mt.Huangshan and Mt.Jiuhua.Qingliang Peak [zh] is also located within Xuancheng.[5] 59.34% of the city's area isforested.[5]
The city has a subtropical humidmonsoon climate, with four distinct seasons and abundant precipitation. Of the four seasons, summer is the longest. Its annual average temperature falls round 15.6C (60.1F). Most of the rainfall occurs in summer. The plum rain season lasts from mid-June to early July.[6]
| Climate data for Xuancheng, elevation 31 m (102 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 28.6 (83.5) | 34.9 (94.8) | 34.8 (94.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 38.1 (100.6) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.2 (104.4) | 39.5 (103.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.4 (84.9) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 21.5 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.9 (82.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 16.5 (61.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.3 (43.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 1.8 (35.2) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.2 (13.6) | −10.0 (14.0) | −3.6 (25.5) | 1.4 (34.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 2.2 (36.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | −12.8 (9.0) | −12.8 (9.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 79.2 (3.12) | 77.8 (3.06) | 118.0 (4.65) | 118.7 (4.67) | 132.7 (5.22) | 255.0 (10.04) | 197.0 (7.76) | 147.8 (5.82) | 86.4 (3.40) | 67.7 (2.67) | 66.9 (2.63) | 51.2 (2.02) | 1,398.4 (55.06) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.7 | 11.3 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 139.2 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 109.4 | 116.2 | 140.8 | 163.9 | 180.0 | 148.6 | 210.0 | 203.4 | 164.4 | 165.3 | 143.1 | 131.7 | 1,876.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 34 | 37 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 35 | 49 | 50 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Xuancheng City administers sevencounty-level divisions, including onedistrict, twocounty-level cities and fivecounties.
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These are further divided into 115township-level divisions, including 61towns, 44townships and tensubdistricts.
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In Xuancheng,Jianghuai Mandarin andWu Chinese are spoken as well asStandard Mandarin.
Xuancheng is a city with 2,000 years of history and cultural relics. It has a profound cultural heritage and rich tourism resources. There are many scenic areas, such as the Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction (ARCCAR), which is a largecaptive breeding base for the endangeredChinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). There are also four unique scenes –Taiji Cave, Peach Blossom Pool,Jing Ting Mountain,Zhangshan Canyon. Other attractions include cultural sites of theNew Fourth Army, the Ancestral Hall of the Hu Family in Jixi (the former residence ofHu Shih), the Jiang's Village in Jingde, and so on. Since reform and opening up, the city has achieved a lot of progress and is accelerating the development of municipal services, transport, tourism and other infrastructural facilities. Xuancheng is a city with pleasant environments of living, enterprising, and sightseeing which is on the rise. TheNingguo Stadium is located in the city. The 12,000-capacity stadium is used mainly for association football matches.
Its population was 2,500,063 as of2020 Chinese census whom 774,332 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Xuanzhou District.[9]
The city is home to 45ethnic minorities, whose population totals about 13,000 people.[10] Xuancheng administers oneethnic township:Yunti She Ethnic Township [zh].[10] Xuancheng also administers twoethnic villages:Hucun Hui Ethnic Village (Chinese:胡村回族村) inShencun [zh],Xuanzhou District, andQianqiu She Ethnic Village (Chinese:千秋畲族村) in Yunti She Ethnic Township,Ningguo.[10]
As of 2020, the city'sgross domestic product is estimated at ¥160.75 billion,[5][11] itsinflation rate was 2.4%,[11] and its urbanunemployment rate was 2.7%.[11] Total consumer retail sales in 2020 reached ¥62.66 billion,[11] andforeign trade totaled ¥13.44 billion.[11]
Xuancheng'sper capitadisposable income is ¥30,746 as of 2020, and stood at ¥42,134 for urban residents, and ¥18,928 for rural residents.[11]
Xuancheng's major industrial products includebeverages, cloth, concrete,electronics components,fertilizer, paper and cardboard.[11]
Xuancheng is known for its production of high qualityXuan paper (simplified Chinese:宣纸;traditional Chinese:宣紙), Xuan writing brushes (simplified Chinese:宣笔;traditional Chinese:宣筆), and Xuan ink stones (simplified Chinese:宣砚;traditional Chinese:宣硯), all of which are used in traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting.[citation needed] These products make up a large proportion of the city's exports.[citation needed]
Xuancheng is served by theAnhui–Jiangxi Railway andBeijing–Taipei High-Speed Rail Corridor.
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