Yuzhong County 榆中县 | |
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.jpg) Landscape nearJinya | |
.png) Location of Yuzhong County (red) in Lanzhou City (yellow) and Gansu | |
  Yongdeng Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates:35°50′35″N104°06′47″E / 35.843°N 104.113°E /35.843; 104.113 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Lanzhou |
| County seat | Chengguan |
| Area | |
• County | 3,301.64 km2 (1,274.77 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,670 m (12,040 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,480 m (4,860 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
• County | 560,000 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 103,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 730100 |
| Website | www |
Yuzhong County (Chinese:榆中县) is acounty ofGansu Province,China, it is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofLanzhou, the capital of Gansu, one of 58counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730100, and its population in 2019 was 560,000 people.[1]
The history of Yuzhong County goes back to 214 BC.[1] During theJin Dynasty Yuzhong was a center of the Jincheng district located in the Yuzhong county (xian) in the Gansu province.[2] Up to 1917 it was known as Jin County or Jinxian.[1] Yuzhong has always had importance as the eastern gateway to Lanzhou. The historic Mingsu tomb (zh:明肃王墓) is located in Yuzhong.[3]
The geography of Yuzhong is divided into the densely populated central valley of the Wanchuan River, flanked by forested mountains in the southwest, and arid mountains in the northeast.
| Climate data for Yuzhong, elevation 1,874 m (6,148 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) | 13.0 (55.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 32.1 (89.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 36.4 (97.5) | 34.2 (93.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 25.4 (77.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | 14.6 (58.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) | −3.0 (26.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 13.7 (56.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 0.5 (32.9) | −5.9 (21.4) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) | −8.5 (16.7) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 8.5 (47.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | −4.7 (23.5) | −11.1 (12.0) | 1.4 (34.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.7 (−12.5) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −17.8 (0.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −3.4 (25.9) | 0.6 (33.1) | 4.8 (40.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | −0.8 (30.6) | −10.5 (13.1) | −19.7 (−3.5) | −25.8 (−14.4) | −25.8 (−14.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) | 4.5 (0.18) | 10.7 (0.42) | 21.2 (0.83) | 50.3 (1.98) | 54.8 (2.16) | 76.3 (3.00) | 79.2 (3.12) | 50.4 (1.98) | 26.5 (1.04) | 4.7 (0.19) | 1.2 (0.05) | 382.6 (15.06) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 88 |
| Average snowy days | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 32 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 60 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 185.4 | 189.8 | 213.0 | 229.0 | 248.6 | 240.5 | 247.3 | 232.3 | 178.0 | 187.1 | 192.5 | 199.8 | 2,543.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 59 | 61 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 58 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Ethnic minorities form just 1% of the counties population, most of them areHui.[6]
Yuzhong County is divided to 11 towns and 9 townships.[7]
It is proposed that Yuzhong will be upgraded to YuzhongDistrict.[8]
Until April 2019, it was a designated poverty stricken county, however due to its favorable location near Lanzhou, along important transportation axes, the county has rapidly developed industry and services sectors.[1] In 2023 it was revealed that the county government spent 900 million CNY on avanity project consisting of an exhibition hall and park, which remained unused for several years.[9]
Jiuquan Iron & Steel has a major steel plant in Yuzhong producing 1.3 million tons of steel annually.[10]
TheChongqing–Lanzhou railway passes through Yuzhong county, but does not have any stations within the county. TheLanzhou Metro is proposed to be extended to Yuzhong.
Several institutes of higher learning have (one of) their campuses in Yuzhong county.
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