Rizhao 日照 |
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— Prefecture-level city — | |
日照市 | |
Rizhao Seaport | |
Country | China |
Province | Shandong |
County-level divisions | 4 |
Township-level divisions | |
City seat | Donggang District (35°25′N 119°26′E / 35.417°N 119.433°E) |
Government | |
• CPC Secretary | Yang Jun (杨军) |
• Mayor | Li Tongdao (李同道) |
Area | |
• Prefecture-level city | 5,310 km2 (2,050 sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,915 km2 (739 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,507 km2 (582 sq mi) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Prefecture-level city | 2,801,100 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,143,078 |
• Urban density | 600/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
• Metro | 865,032 |
• Metro density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Area code(s) | 633 |
GDP | |
GDP per capita | |
License Plate Prefix | 鲁L |
Rizhao (Chinese: 日照; pinyin: Rìzhào; Wade–Giles: Jih-Chao) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is situated on the coastline along the Yellow Sea, borders Qingdao to the northeast, Weifang to the north, Linyi to the west and southwest, and faces Korea and Japan across the Yellow Sea to the east. Rizhao is a major seaport and is approximately 620 km north of Shanghai, 170 km southwest of Qingdao, and 120 km north of Lianyungang. The Rizhao seaport's primary business is loading and unloading iron ore and coal. Other products passing through the seaport include cement, nickel, bauxite, and the like.[1] Rizhao City means City of Sunshine in Chinese.[2]:108 The city is known for its sustainability, and it mandates solar-water heaters in all new buildings. Rizhao city was recognized by the United Nations as one of the most habitable cities in the world in 2009.
The city population stands at 2,801,100 as of the 2010 census. Out of those, a little over 865,000 people live in the urban area of Donggang district.
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Rizhao is located at the place where the ancient Dawenkou Culture and the Longshan Culture flourished. Rizhao belonged to Dongyi during the Xia and the Shang Dynasty (2070-1046 BC), and to Ju State and Yue State in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the Warring States Period (476-221 BC). It became a part of Langya Prefecture in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). Rizhao was named Haiqu County during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD) and Xihai County under the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD).
During the Tang Dynasty, together with Ju County, Rizhao belonged to Mizhou District of Henan Prefecture. In the second year of the Yuanyou Period of the Song Dynasty, Rizhao Township was established, with the name meaning “the first to get the sunshine”. In the 24th year of the Dading Period of the Jin Dynasty, Rizhao County was established. After being part of Linyi in modern times, Rizhao became a prefecture-level city within Shandong province in 1989.
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago has done field survey archaeological work in Rizhao over years.[3]
Rizhao has a warm and humid climate, the summer are hot and rainy, while winters are cold and dry. With an annual average 2533 hours of sunshine, it is well known as a holiday resort. The average humidity is 72% and it enjoys a frost-free period of 223 days.
The historical average annual temperature is 12.7°C, though it has risen to 13.8°C around the year 2010. The highest temperatures to be reached in summer is 36.1°C, while in the winter it can fall down to -14.7 °C. Annual rainfall in the city is uneven distributed, annual precipitation in Wulian County is 857.3 mm, while it hits a low of 661.5 mm in the urban areas.
Climate data for Rizhao (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
16.73 (62.12) |
Average low °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−2 (28.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
9.69 (49.45) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.531) |
17.8 (0.701) |
25.2 (0.992) |
41.4 (1.63) |
66.4 (2.614) |
102.1 (4.02) |
188.8 (7.433) |
161.7 (6.366) |
78.0 (3.071) |
48.4 (1.906) |
29.9 (1.177) |
11.3 (0.445) |
784.5 (30.886) |
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 83.8 |
Source: Weather China |
The prefecture-level city of Rizhao administers four county-level divisions, including two districts and two counties.
The following locations have a 4-star rating according to Chinese classification for scenic spots (旅游景区质量等级)
The city now mandates the incorporation of solar panels in all new buildings, and oversees the construction process to ensure the panels are correctly installed.[4] The effort to install solar water heaters began in 1992. As of 2007, 99 percent of households in the central districts use solar water heaters, and most of the lighting and traffic signals are powered with photovoltaic solar power. In 2007 the city had over a half-million square meters of solar water heating panels, which have effectively reduced conventional electricity usage by 348 million kilowatthours per year. The city has been designated as the Environmental Protection Model City by China's SEPA, and is consistently listed in the top 10 cities for air quality in China.
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A county, abbreviated Cnty. (US) or Co. (UK and Ireland), is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes, in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French conté or cunté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount. The modern French is comté, and its equivalents in other languages are contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, graafschap, Gau, etc. (cf. conte, comte, conde, Graf).
When the Normans conquered England, they brought the term with them. The Saxons had already established the districts that became the historic counties of England, calling them shires (many county names derive from the name of the county town with the word "shire" added on: for example, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire). The Vikings introduced the term earl (from Old Norse, jarl) to the British Isles. Thus, "earl" and "earldom" were taken as equivalent to the continental use of "count" and "county". So the later-imported term became a synonym for the native English word scir ([ʃiːr]) or, in Modern English, shire. Since a shire was an administrative division of the kingdom, the term "county" evolved to designate an administrative division of national government in most modern uses.
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As of 2008, there were 379 powiat-level entities: 314 land counties, and 65 city counties. For a complete alphabetical listing, see "List of Polish counties". For tables of counties by voivodeship, see the articles on the individual voivodeships (e.g., Greater Poland Voivodeship).
The counties of Sweden (Swedish: län) are the top-level geographic subdivisions of Sweden. Sweden is today divided into 21 counties; however, the numbers of counties has varied over time, due to territorial gains/losses and to divisions and/or mergers of existing counties. This level of administrative unit was first established in the 1634 Instrument of Government on Lord Chancellor Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, and superseded the historical provinces of Sweden (Swedish: landskap) in order to introduce a more efficient administration of the realm. At that time, they were what the translation of län into English literally means: fiefdoms. The county borders often follow the provincial borders, but the Crown often chose to make slight relocations to suit its purposes.
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