Bishan, Chongqing
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)Bishan
璧山区 | |
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China Standard) | |
| Area code | 023 |
Bishan (
Chenjiaping
in downtown Chongqing. Formerly a county, it became a district on 6 June 2014.
Administrative divisions
Bishan administers 6
towns
, with a total area of 915 square kilometers.
| Name | S ) |
Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010)[1] | Area (km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicheng Subdistrict | 璧城街道 | Bìchéng Jiēdào | 204702 | 43 |
| Biquan Subdistrict | 璧泉街道 | Bìquán Jiēdào | ||
| Qinggang Subdistrict | 青杠街道 | Qītáng Jiēdào | ||
| Laifeng Subdistrict | 来凤街道 | Láifèng Jiēdào | 78582 | 44.48 |
| Dingjia Subdistrict | 丁家街道 | Dīngjiā Jiēdào | 60585 | 85.12 |
| Dalu Subdistrict | 大路街道 | Dàlù Jiēdào | 48145 | 115.5 |
| Batang town | 八塘镇 | Bātáng Zhèn | 23851 | 65.26 |
| Qitang town | 七塘镇 | Qītáng Zhèn | 21185 | 57 |
| Hebian town | 河边镇 | Hébiān Zhèn | 20037 | 52.5 |
| Fulu town | 福禄镇 | Fúlù Zhèn | 13586 | 40.6 |
| Daxing town | 大兴镇 | Dàxīng Zhèn | 40068 | 100.14 |
| Zhengxing town | 正兴镇 | Zhèngxìng Zhèn | 27804 | 75.02 |
| Guangpu town | 广普镇 | Guǎngpǔ Zhèn | 18002 | 47.15 |
| Sanhe town | 三合镇 | Sānhé Zhèn | 11336 | 35.98 |
| Jianlong town | 健龙镇 | Jiànlóng Zhèn | 18151 | 27.7 |
History
Bishan has a recorded history of over 2000 years.
- In 316 BC, Jiangzhou County (江州县) was established here by the State of Qin.
- In 757, Bishan County was established and administered by Yuzhou.
- In 1102, Bishan was administered by Gongzhou, which is renamed from Yuzhou.
- In 1189, Gongzhou was promoted to Chongqing Fu, which still administered Bishan County.
- In 1259, Bishan County was merged into Ba County.
- In 1483, Bishan County was re-established.
- In 1662, Bishan County was merged into YongchuanCounty.
- In 1729, Bishan County was re-established again.
- In 1914, Bishan County was administered by Sichuan province.
- In 1997, Bishan County became part of the newly established Chongqing Municipality.
- In 2014, Bishan County became Bishan District of Chongqing.
Geographic condition
Bishan is located in 106°02′E−106°20′E of longitude and 29°17′N−29°53′N of latitude. It is in border with
Beibei District
of Chongqing in north.
Climate
Its climate belongs to subtropic monsoon weather style, with an annual average temperature of 18.0°C, annual total rainfall of 1231.2mm and frost-free period of 337 days. On 20 August 2022, a maximum temperature of 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) was registered in Bishan District.[2]
| Climate data for Bishan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
40.3 (104.5) |
42.2 (108.0) |
41.5 (106.7) |
35.1 (95.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
42.2 (108.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
22.2 (71.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
18.3 (65.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
15.7 (60.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.5 (0.65) |
20.2 (0.80) |
50.1 (1.97) |
97.8 (3.85) |
135.7 (5.34) |
196.2 (7.72) |
176.5 (6.95) |
139.1 (5.48) |
125.5 (4.94) |
90.8 (3.57) |
47.0 (1.85) |
21.1 (0.83) |
1,116.5 (43.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.0 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 17.0 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 154 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
82 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 25.4 | 37.3 | 77.4 | 106.8 | 108.9 | 96.9 | 165.4 | 173.7 | 102.8 | 52.2 | 44.1 | 23.3 | 1,014.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 8 | 12 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 39 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 22 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Bus
Bus service is available via the
Chengyu Expressway from Chenjiaping Bus Station
of within Chongqing's city proper, some 23 km (14 mi) away.
Metro
The
Bishan rubber-tyred tram
runs between the Bishan metro station and Bishan high-speed rail station.
Railway
Construction of the
Chengdu–Chongqing Intercity Railway
, which opened for passenger service in June 2015. The railway station acts as a central travel hub for the Bishan area. After the completion of the high-speed rail line, Bishan was further integrated into the urban area of Chongqing, as travel time to Chonqing city proper was reduced to a mere 15 minutes.
Notes
- ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - ^ @EKMeteo (August 20, 2022). "🥵#China🇨🇳 #heatwave Encore de nombreux records absolus ce 20 août, surtout dans la province du Sichuan. Les anciens…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "重庆又有两段轨道开通：1号线尖璧段、环线西南半环". 2019-12-30.
- ^ "重庆轨道交通首次驶出主城 1号线璧山站要来了". 2019-11-13.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Government website of Bishan (in Simplified Chinese)
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