Qinhuangdao
39°53′18″N 119°31′13″E / 39.8882°N 119.5202°E
Qinhuangdao
秦皇岛市 | ||
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Postal code 066000 | ||
Area code | (0)335 | |
ISO 3166 code | CN-HE-03 | |
Licence Plate Prefix | 冀C | |
Website | http://www.qhd.gov.cn/ |
Qinhuangdao | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Qínhuángdǎo | | |
Wade–Giles | Ch'in-huang-tao |
Qinhuangdao (
History
The city's name "Qinhuangdao" literally means "
In the 19th century, Qinhuangdao included the separate towns of Qinhuangdao and Tanghe.
At the beginning of the
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium was used as one of the soccer venues during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Geography
Qinhuangdao sits on the northwest coast of the Bohai Sea and borders Tangshan to the southwest, Chengde to the northwest, and Liaoning to the northeast. Its administrative area ranges in latitude 39° 24' to 40° 37' N and in longitude from 118° 33' to 119° 51' E, and has a total area of 7,812.4 km2 (3,016.4 sq mi).
Since the elevation of
Qinhuangdao has three main developed areas:
- Beidaihe: A summer seaside resort for senior government officials. Many political decisions affecting China are made here, making it the equivalent to resorts in Maine or Camp David in Maryland, United States.[United States-centric][7]
- Yan Shan University, the leading university in NE Hebei province.
- Shanhaiguan: a popular tourist destination, featuring the eastern end of the Great Wall.
Qinhuangdao's Olympic Sports Centre Stadium was used as an Olympic Competition Venue (Football Preliminary) during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Climate
Qinhuangdao has a
Climate data for Qinhuangdao (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
10.6 (51.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
6.0 (42.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −26.0 (−14.8) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−26.0 (−14.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.6 (0.10) |
4.3 (0.17) |
7.9 (0.31) |
24.4 (0.96) |
47.6 (1.87) |
86.3 (3.40) |
171.2 (6.74) |
163.9 (6.45) |
47.0 (1.85) |
28.1 (1.11) |
15.0 (0.59) |
3.6 (0.14) |
601.9 (23.69) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 66.7 |
Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 11.4 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 73 | 65 | 58 | 54 | 65 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.3 | 187.4 | 235.4 | 243.5 | 262.0 | 218.2 | 188.4 | 209.9 | 221.6 | 204.7 | 174.7 | 178.5 | 2,513.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 49 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 58 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China[11] |
Administrative divisions
Map | |||||
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Name | Chinese | Pinyin | Population
(2020)[12] |
Area
(km2)[13] |
Density (/km2)[13] |
Urban | |||||
Haigang District
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海港区 | Hǎigǎng Qū | 1,024,876 | 754.3 | 4,166 |
Suburban | |||||
Shanhaiguan District
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山海关区 | Shānhǎiguān Qū | 164,989 | 205.8 | 855 |
Beidaihe District
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北戴河区 | Běidàihé Qū | 130,104 | 158.1 | 822.9 |
Funing District | 抚宁区 | Fǔníng Qū | 291,211 | 1,039 | 352.2 |
Rural | |||||
Changli County | 昌黎县 | Chānglí Xiàn | 487,989 | 1,228 | 397.4 |
Lulong County | 卢龙县 | Lúlóng Xiàn | 333,942 | 959.0 | 348.2 |
Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County | 青龙满族自治县 | Qīnglóng Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn | 431,138 | 3,508 | 122.9 |
Development Zone
The Qinhuangdao Economic & Technology Development Zone was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 1984 to become one of China's first state-level economic and technological development zones. Qinhuangdao is in the heart of the rapidly growing "Bohai-Rim Economic Circle", in easy reach of Beijing (280 km (170 mi)) and Tianjin (245 km (152 mi)).[14] It covers a sea area of 23.81 km2 (9.19 sq mi) and has a coastline of 6 km (3.7 mi). The planned and controlled area of the development zone has reached 56.72 km2 (21.90 sq mi). By the end of 2006, the number of approved projects reached 4,546, in which 647 projects were foreign-invested, with a total investment of US$4.73 billion.
Qinhuangdao
Economy
China is the world's third largest coal exporter, and Qinhuangdao is expected to handle much of the nation's coal exports. Rail links from Shanxi (China's largest coal producer) to Qinhuangdao Port are being upgraded, which should allow for Qinhuangdao to ultimately increase its throughput to 400 million tonnes of coal per annum from its current level of about 250 million tons by 2015. In 2018, the updated railway reached a record annual throughput of 451 million tons.[16]
Other Chinese and foreign service suppliers are moving to Qinhuangdao to support this.
Qinhuangdao is on the
Tourism
The Qinhuangdao Wildlife Park was opened in 1995 and is China's second largest wildlife park.[citation needed]
Red Ribbon
Qinhuangdao is home to the Tanghe River Park, which features the Red Ribbon, a knee-high steel sculpture that runs the length of the park, providing seating, environmental interpretation, lighting, and the display of native plants. The project has won an honor award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and was selected by readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine as one of the seven new wonders of the architecture world.[18]
Education
- Yanshan University
- Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao
- Hebei Institute of International Business and Economics
- Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology
- Northeastern Petroleum University at Qinhuangdao
Sister cities
- Lugo, Galicia, Spain
- Pesaro, Marche, Italy
- Toledo, Ohio, United States, since 1985
- Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, since May 5, 2010
- Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, since November 30, 2015
Notes
- ^ simplified Chinese: 汤河; traditional Chinese: 湯河; pinyin: Tānghé; Wade–Giles: Tang-ho; lit. 'soup river'
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