Songyuan
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Songyuan
松原市 | ||
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Postal code 138000 | ||
Area code | 0438 | |
ISO 3166 code | CN-JL-07 | |
Licence plates | 吉J | |
Website | jlsy |
Songyuan (
History
Even though the present city of Songyuan is predominantly modern in appearance, the area has a long history dating back to the
During much of the
At the beginning of the 20th century, Sun Yat-sen proposed building a transportation hub where the Songhua River and the Nen River meet, which materialized as the current city of Songyuan. Authorized by the national government, Songyuan was founded as a prefecture-level city in 1992. Since then it has undergone rapid modernization, thanks in part to the area's profitable oil companies.
In 2007, it was chosen to be one of the cities for the
In 2009, several exam cheating scandals gained the city nationwide media attention. In July, police arrested thirty-four suspects on charges of selling electronic devices to high school students which would have enabled them to cheat on the national college entrance exam. Police confiscated several hundred devices from the suspects, two of whom were local high school teachers.[5]
Geography
Songyuan is in the intersection of the Province of Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia. Located in the middle west of Jilin Province, at the center of the Northeast China, the city covers 22,000 square kilometres (8,500 sq mi) with a population of 2.8 million.
There are 7,600 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi) of arable land, with an annual food production of about 6 million tons, a quarter of the total production of Jilin Province. The urban area is 71.76 square kilometres (27.71 sq mi). The second Songyuan River crosses the city, which makes it one of the few not completely developed riverside cities in the nation.
Climate
Songyuan has a
Climate data for Songyuan (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) | 5.0 (41.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
35.7 (96.3) |
38.1 (100.6) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
38.1 (100.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
11.7 (53.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
6.1 (43.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
1.2 (34.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −36.5 (−33.7) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
−24.2 (−11.6) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−27.0 (−16.6) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) |
2.7 (0.11) |
7.7 (0.30) |
13.3 (0.52) |
46.6 (1.83) |
74.3 (2.93) |
113.4 (4.46) |
99.8 (3.93) |
47.5 (1.87) |
18.8 (0.74) |
9.0 (0.35) |
5.2 (0.20) |
440.8 (17.34) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 83.5 |
Average snowy days | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 31.4 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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65 | 57 | 48 | 44 | 50 | 62 | 75 | 75 | 66 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 61 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 188.6 | 211.1 | 248.6 | 244.9 | 258.9 | 255.3 | 245.0 | 243.7 | 247.2 | 218.3 | 177.6 | 168.7 | 2,707.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 71 | 67 | 60 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 62 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China[8] |
Administrative divisions
Songyuan has one
There are three provincial level development areas: Songyuan economy and technology development area, Songyuan agricultural new technology development area and the
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# | Name | Hanzi
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Hanyu Pinyin
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Population (2003 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
1 | Ningjiang District
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宁江区 | Níngjiāng Qū | 520,000 | 1,269 | 410 |
2 | Fuyu | 扶余市 | Fúyú Shì | 770,000 | 4,464 | 172 |
3 | Changling County | 长岭县 | Chánglǐng Xiàn | 640,000 | 5,787 | 111 |
4 | Qian'an County | 乾安县 | Qián'ān Xiàn | 300,000 | 3,522 | 85 |
5 | Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County | 前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县 | Qiánguō'ěrluósī Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn | 580,000 | 5,117 | 113 |
Economy
In 2006, Songyuan had a revenue of 47.4 billion yuan, with a profit of 4.5 billion yuan, the third of the province in terms of overall economic achievement. In 2007, the total revenue was expected to be 60 billion Yuan, with a profit of 6.5 billion Yuan.
Songyuan is located on the
Songyuan also sits on China's Golden Corn Belt, and is a national commercial food base. Jilin is a big food-production province, and Songyuan is a big food-production city. In 2006 the city was ranked second in the province in food production, with a total output of 6.412 million tons of food, of which 4.808 million tons are corn.
There are also several rivers and lakes in and around the city, which yield more than forty billion cubic meters of water. There are 1.557 billion cubic meters of water reserve, which can meet the need of water-demanding industry.
The city is in the east end of the Kerqin grassland, with 53,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi) of grassland yielding 0.3 million tons of grass annually. It is a natural land for pastoral industry.
There are twenty important tourist destinations near the city.
Taking advantage of abundant materials, special locations and easy transportation, the city has reserved and developed many important projects. It is gradually building an industry of oil production, oil refinement, oil chemistry, biological chemistry, agricultural products, pharmaceutical products, textiles, machinery, and electricity.
Transport
There are five railways and six provincial or national highways passing through the city. It takes ninety minutes to reach the Changchun or Harbin airport by taxi. Several trains depart daily for Changchun and Harbin, cities which can also be reached through waterway. Songyuan Chaganhu Airport has been constructed. A circle drawn with Songyuan as center, and with a radius of 200 kilometers, will cover a population of 31 million, with Songyuan being the important transportation hub and commerce center of the northeastern China and Inner Mongolia.
Songyuan Port,[10] which is the largest inland river port in Jilin Province, have an annual throughput capacity of 800,000 tons.
References
Notes
- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 吉林省2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报 (in Simplified Chinese). Jilin Bureau of Statistics (吉林省统计局). Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ISBN 978-7-5037-7899-5. Archived from the originalon 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Madrolle, Claudius (1912), Northern China, the valley of the Blue River, Korea, Madrolle's guide books, Hachette & company, p. 259
- ^ "34 detained in China in exam cheating case." Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ 松原 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "(in Chinese) Mafengwo: Songyuan".
- ^ "(in Chinese) Official Plan for Songyuan Port".
Sources
- Songyuan at GEOnet Names Server
- (in Chinese) Profile of Songyuan, Official website of Songyuan Government