Yingkou
Yingkou
营口市 Yingkow, Ingkow | ||
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Province Liaoning | | |
Municipal seat | Xishi District | |
Districts and Counties | List
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Government | ||
• Postal code | 115000 | |
Area code | 410 | |
ISO 3166 code | CN-LN-08 | |
Licence plates | 辽H | |
Administrative division code | 210800 | |
Website | www |
Yingkou (
to its west.Located on the east bank of the
Name
Yingkou was historically known as Newchwang (
To avoid confusion between the two locations, careful English writers of the early 20th century would sometimes use Newchwang for Yingkou (explaining that "Ying-kow, ... outside Manchuria, ... is known only as Newchwang") and Niu-chuang (the proper
Administrative divisions
Yingkou prefecture is subdivided into 4 districts and 2 cities:
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Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin
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Population ( 2010 )
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Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | |
City Proper | ||||||
Zhanqian District | 站前区 | Zhànqián Qū | 310,634 | 36.35 | 8,545.64 | |
Xishi District | 西市区 | Xīshì Qū | 164,873 | 314.91 | 523.56 | |
Laobian District | 老边区 | Lǎobiān Qū | 125,454 | 217.54 | 576.69 | |
Suburban | ||||||
Bayuquan District | 鲅鱼圈区 | Bàyúquān Qū | 431,087 | 280.86 | 1534.88 | |
Satellite cities (County-level cities) | ||||||
Dashiqiao City | 大石桥市 | Dàshíqiáo Shì | 704,891 | 1,612.11 | 437.25 | |
Gaizhou City | 盖州市 | Gàizhōu Shì | 691,595 | 2,953.92 | 234.13 | |
Total | 2,428,534 | 5,415.68 | 448.43 |
Geography
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Yingkou is mostly located in the northwestern part of the
The city's metro area is located 166 km (103 mi) south from the provincial capital Shenyang, 204 km (127 mi) north from Dalian, 84 kilometres (52 mi) southwest from Anshan, and 70 km (43 mi) southeast from Panjin. The city is located at latitude 39° 55'−40° 56' N and longitude 121° 56'−123° 02' E. At its greatest width, the city spans 111.8 km (69.5 mi) from north to south and 50.7 km (31.5 mi) from east to west. The total area of the city is 5,365 km2 (2,071 sq mi), occupying a mere 4.9% of the provincial area. The city has a total coastline of 96 km (60 mi).
Climate
Yingkou has a four-season humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) with strong monsoonal influences. Though the climate is somewhat tempered by the city's location on the Bohai Gulf, winters are long, windy, cold but dry, and summers are hot and humid. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −8.3 °C (17.1 °F) in January to 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 9.82 °C (49.7 °F). Precipitation is somewhat enhanced by the coastal location, with a majority of the annual rainfall occurring in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in July to 68% in three months, the city receives 2,774 hours of bright sunshine annually.
Climate data for Yingkou (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
14.5 (58.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.1 (10.2) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −28.4 (−19.1) |
−22.9 (−9.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−28.4 (−19.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.17) |
6.5 (0.26) |
11.8 (0.46) |
32.3 (1.27) |
53.2 (2.09) |
69.3 (2.73) |
151.3 (5.96) |
163.1 (6.42) |
49.7 (1.96) |
41.6 (1.64) |
23.8 (0.94) |
8.2 (0.32) |
615.1 (24.22) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 70.6 |
Average snowy days | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 17.2 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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62 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 79 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 63 | 65 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 194.5 | 196.8 | 240.8 | 249.2 | 277.8 | 244.8 | 217.6 | 229.0 | 237.3 | 219.3 | 179.4 | 175.9 | 2,662.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 48 | 54 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 61 | 60 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7][8] |
Industrial zones
- China Minmetals (Yingkou) industrial park
- Yingkou Economic & Technological Development Zone. So far, five key industries have been formed, which are steel, chemical industry, mineral processing, logistics, textile and garment industry.[9]
Transportation
Yingkou is served by the Yingkou Lanqi Airport.
Sport
The city is home to the
Notable residents
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Partnership town and ports
- twinnedsince 1990.
- Tver, Russia — twinned since 1994.[10]
- Yingkou Port signed a Sister Port agreement with the Hamilton Port Authority of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in November 2005.[11]
References
- ^ "China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ISBN 978-7-5037-7900-8. Archived from the originalon 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ 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.
- S2CID 225502755.
- ^ Hosie, Sir Alexander (1910), Manchuria: its people, resources and recent history, J. B. Millet, p. 191
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ 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 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ RightSite.asia | Yingkou Development Zone
- ^ Города – побратимы Китая и России (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
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