Cangzhou

Coordinates: 38°18′17″N 116°50′19″E / 38.3047°N 116.8387°E / 38.3047; 116.8387
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Not to be confused with Changzhou.
This article is about the modern city. For the historical prefecture, see Cang Prefecture.

Cangzhou
沧州市
Tsangchow
Postal code
016001
Area code0317
ISO 3166 codeCN-HE-09
Licence plate prefixes2022
Websitecangzhou.gov.cn
Cangzhou
Hanyu Pinyin
Cāngzhōu
IPA[tsʰáŋ.ʈʂóʊ]

Cangzhou

province, People's Republic of China. At the 2020 census, Cangzhou's built-up (or metro) area made of Yunhe, Xinhua districts and Cang County largely being conurbated had a population of 1,421,843 inhabitants, while the prefecture-level administrative unit in total has a population of 7,300,783. It lies approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the major port city of Tianjin, and 180 km (110 mi) from Beijing
.

History

Cangzhou is reported to have been founded in the

Southern and Northern Dynasties
period (420−589 CE).

Administrative divisions

Cangzhou City comprises 2

counties
and 1 autonomous county.

Map
Name
Hanzi
Hanyu Pinyin
 Population
(2004 est.) 		Area (km2) Density
(/km2)
Yunhe District
 运河区 Yùnhé Qū 270,000 138 1,957
Xinhua District
 新华区 Xīnhuá Qū 220,000 89 2,472
Botou City 泊头市 Bótóu Shì 550,000 977 563
Renqiu City 任丘市 Rénqiū Shì 770,000 1,023 753
Huanghua City 黄骅市 Huánghuá Shì 490,000 1,545 317
Hejian City 河间市 Héjiān Shì 770,000 1,333 578
Cang County 沧县 Cāng Xiàn 660,000 1,527 432
Qing County 青县 Qīng Xiàn 390,000 968 403
Dongguang County 东光县 Dōngguāng Xiàn 350,000 710 493
Haixing County 海兴县 Hǎixīng Xiàn 220,000 836 263
Yanshan County 盐山县 Yánshān Xiàn 400,000 795 503
Suning County 肃宁县 Sùníng Xiàn 330,000 497 664
Nanpi County 南皮县 Nánpí Xiàn 350,000 794 441
Wuqiao County 吴桥县 Wúqiáo Xiàn 280,000 603 464
Xian County 献县 Xìàn Xiàn 570,000 1,191 479
Mengcun Hui Autonomous County 孟村回族自治县 Mèngcūn Huízú
Zìzhìxiàn 		180,000 393 458

Economics

Cangzhou's urban center is a heavily industrial city, but the city's administrative territory also includes strongly agricultural areas, and is well known in China for its Chinese jujubes (Chinese dates) and pear (widely known under the export name of Tianjin Ya Pear). The North China Oil Field is within Cangzhou City's jurisdiction. Cangzhou also encompasses a large fishing port and the coal-exporting Huanghua Harbour. Notable International Companies located in Cangzhou Hyundai (Japan), Hage Fittings und Flanschen GmbH (Germany) (Hage Fluid Control Technology (Hebei) Co., Ltd Joint Venture).

Geography and transportation

Map of the Grand Canal and vicinity

Cangzhou is located in eastern

Beijing–Shanghai Railway
.

The G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway connects Cangzhou to Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, and is linked to Beijing via both the G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway, which are concurrent within the province, and to Shanghai via G2. Cangzhou's Huanghua Harbour is the end of a main Chinese coal shipping railway, the Shuohuang Railway. Other major highways serving Cangzhou's urban area are China National Highway 104 and 307.

Major airports located closest to Cangzhou include

Beijing Capital Airport and Tianjin Airport
.

The Grand Canal passes directly through Cangzhou, and a district of Cangzhou (Yunhe District) is named after it.

Climate

Cangzhou has a four-season, monsoon-influenced humid continental climate/semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk/Dwa), with cold, dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −3.2 °C (26.2 °F) in January to 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 13.25 °C (55.8 °F). A majority of the annual precipitation of 541 mm (21.3 in) occurs in July and August alone. With possible monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 65% in October, the city receives 2,663 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Climate data for Cangzhou (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.1
(59.2) 		18.7
(65.7) 		30.9
(87.6) 		32.7
(90.9) 		37.7
(99.9) 		40.3
(104.5) 		42.0
(107.6) 		36.6
(97.9) 		35.0
(95.0) 		30.4
(86.7) 		24.2
(75.6) 		14.6
(58.3) 		42.0
(107.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.9
(37.2) 		6.9
(44.4) 		14.0
(57.2) 		21.5
(70.7) 		27.4
(81.3) 		31.7
(89.1) 		32.4
(90.3) 		30.8
(87.4) 		27.2
(81.0) 		20.6
(69.1) 		11.5
(52.7) 		4.4
(39.9) 		19.3
(66.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.8
(27.0) 		1.0
(33.8) 		7.7
(45.9) 		15.0
(59.0) 		21.2
(70.2) 		25.7
(78.3) 		27.5
(81.5) 		26
(79) 		21.4
(70.5) 		14.5
(58.1) 		5.9
(42.6) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		13.5
(56.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −7.1
(19.2) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		2.3
(36.1) 		9.3
(48.7) 		15.2
(59.4) 		20.3
(68.5) 		23.2
(73.8) 		21.9
(71.4) 		16.5
(61.7) 		9.3
(48.7) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		8.6
(47.5)
Record low °C (°F) −22.1
(−7.8) 		−14.6
(5.7) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		5.1
(41.2) 		12.5
(54.5) 		17.1
(62.8) 		14.1
(57.4) 		6.8
(44.2) 		−2.3
(27.9) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−15.5
(4.1) 		−22.1
(−7.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.4
(0.09) 		7.5
(0.30) 		8.7
(0.34) 		22.8
(0.90) 		35.9
(1.41) 		71.4
(2.81) 		153.5
(6.04) 		126.5
(4.98) 		49.5
(1.95) 		36.2
(1.43) 		16.0
(0.63) 		3.0
(0.12) 		533.4
(21)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.6 2.5 2.9 4.8 5.7 8.1 11.5 9.5 5.6 4.7 3.7 1.9 62.5
Average snowy days 2.5 2.1 0.8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1.6 8.2
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		57 53 48 50 54 59 73 77 69 64 64 60 61
Mean monthly sunshine hours 174.4 182.3 234.3 253.1 279.5 247.6 215.2 215.3 220.5 209.5 172.3 165.7 2,569.7
Percent possible sunshine 57 59 63 64 63 56 48 52 60 61 57 56 58
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4][5]

Culture

The Iron Lion

The city has historically been known in China for its

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The famed lion has even given its name to a locally brewed beer (iron lion beer, 铁狮啤酒) and is a symbol of the city.[6]

Cangzhou is home to a traditional Chinese form of musical performing arts, Kuaiban Dagu.

The city hosts seven mosques for Muslim adherents (mostly Hui).[7] One of them, the West Mosque, has collected at its museum one of China's best collections of Islamic manuscripts and artefacts.[8]

Demographics and society

Cangzhou, though predominated by the

Uighurs) is increasing.[citation needed
]

Language

The dominant

Ji Lu Mandarin. There are some similarities with the Tianjin variety and the Baoding variety of Mandarin, but both are considered distinct groups from that of Cangzhou [1]. Dialects of the Cangzhou area vary between localities and counties, though are generally intelligible
among each other.

Municipal government

The city, like all other Chinese administrative divisions, has a party committee, the People's government, the People's Congress, and the Political consultative conference.

Military

Cangzhou is home to the Cangzhou Airbase of the People's Liberation Army Air Force

Sports

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright moved to Cangzhou and changed their name to Cangzhou Mighty Lions, they play at the Cangzhou Stadium
.

Education

Cangzhou Normal University (沧州师范学院): now it has 871 teacher staff, including 607 full-time teachers, 233 people with the title of deputy senior or above, and 405 people with master's and doctor's degrees. The school motto is "knowing, morality, knowledge and behaviour, innovation" (明德、博学、知行、日新).

There is one international school in Cangzhou, the Cangzhou Zhenhua Korean International School (沧州振华韩国国际学校).[10]

Notable residents

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 沧州; pinyin: Cāngzhōu; locally pronounced as /tsʰɑŋ˨˧ tʂou˨˧/

References

  1. ^ "China: Hébĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
  2. ISBN 978-7-5356-7824-9. Archived
    from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  6. ^ Wagner, Donald B. "The cast iron lion of Cangzhou", Needham Research Institute newsletter, no. 10, June 1991, pp. 2-3.
  7. ISBN 978-1-4744-3721-9
    .
  8. ISSN 1833-8461
    ).
  9. ^ "Mandarin Jilu Canghui Huangle Chinese Dialect Classification". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  10. Ministry of Education of China
    . Retrieved on 17 August 2015.
  • DuBois, Thomas. The Sacred Village: Social Change and Religious Life in Rural North China. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.

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