Yumen City
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Yumen
玉门市 | ||
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Postal code 735211 | ||
Area code | 0937 | |
Website | www |
Yumen (simplified Chinese: 玉门; traditional Chinese: 玉門; pinyin: Yùmén, literally, "Jade Gate,") is a city in western Gansu province, China. It is a county-level city with a population of 106,812 (2002 est.), and is part of Jiuquan "prefecture-level city" (a multi-county administrative unit). It is located on the Silk Road and is best known for its oil production.
The city's name is often confused with the Yumen Guan or
In 2014, areas of the city were sealed off after a resident died of the
History
The site of Yumen was brought under Chinese control around the end of the 2nd century
In 1939, the first oilfield in China was established at Yumen.[3]
Administrative divisions
Yumen City is divided to 1 subdistrict, 10 towns, 2 ethnic townships and 5 others.[4]
- Subdistricts
- Xinshiqu Subdistrict (新市区街道)
- Towns
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- Ethnic townships
- Xiaojinwan Dongxiang Ethnic Township (小金湾东乡族乡)
- Dushanzi Dongxiang Ethnic Township (独山子东乡族乡
- Others
- State-owned Horse Drinking Farm (国营饮马农场)
- State-owned Yellow Flower Farm Dongxiangzu Township (国营黄花农场)
- Gansu Nongken Yusheng Agricultural Company (甘肃农垦裕盛农业公司)
- Gansu Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Construction Engineering Company (甘肃省农垦建筑工程公司)
- Gansu mining area (甘肃矿区)
Economy
The overland route to
There were two catalysts for Yumen's rapid revival in the 1930s and 40s. The construction of a modern highway over the old caravan route from Yumen to
.After the discovery of
China appears to be constructing 120 missile silos near Yumen.[5]
Geography and climate
Yumen has a cold desert climate (
Climate data for Yumen (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
15.3 (59.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) |
1.6 (0.06) |
5.1 (0.20) |
4.4 (0.17) |
8.8 (0.35) |
14.9 (0.59) |
13.2 (0.52) |
12.1 (0.48) |
7.7 (0.30) |
2.2 (0.09) |
2.2 (0.09) |
2.6 (0.10) |
76.4 (3.01) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 35.8 |
Average snowy days | 5.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 21.6 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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56 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 43 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 215.6 | 211.7 | 253.2 | 277.7 | 311.5 | 308.1 | 306.1 | 299.5 | 281.8 | 273.9 | 223.7 | 210.7 | 3,173.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 72 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 76 | 73 | 72 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] |
References
- ^ "酒泉市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Jiuquan. 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Bubonic plague death in Yumen, China sparks quarantine: Xinhua". 23 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Yumen | China".
- ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "China nuclear missile silos". The Washington Post. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 24 September 2023.