Shangzhi
尚志市
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Location of Shangzhi in Harbin
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Harbin in Heilongjiang
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| Coordinates: 45°12′25″N 127°57′54″E / 45.207°N 127.965°E / 45.207; 127.965[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Sub-provincial city | Harbin |
| Divisions |
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| Seat | Shangzhi Town (尚志镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,824.9 km2 (3,407.3 sq mi) |
| Population
(2018)[3]
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| • Total | 560,448 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
1506XX
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| Area code | 0451 |
| Climate | Dwb |
| Website | www |
Shangzhi (Chinese: 尚志; pinyin: Shàngzhì) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is 127 kilometres (79 mi) away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately 9,000 km2 (3,500 sq mi). The city proper has a population of around 120,000, while the total administrative population is approximately 600,000 inhabitants.[when?] The most spacious county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Yanshou County to the north, Wuchang to the southwest, Acheng District to the northwest, and Bin County to the northwest, as well as the prefecture-level cityofMudanjiang to the southeast.
The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe (珠河; Zhūhé). It was developed during the Guangxu era in the late Qing dynasty, and was renamed to Shangzhi to commemorate the anti-Japanese war hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946.
The most famous place in Shangzhi is the Yabuli (simplified Chinese: 亚布力; traditional Chinese: 亞布力; pinyin: Yàbùlì) Skiing Centre - [citation needed]
Shangzhi has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, very dry, bitterly cold winters, very warm and humid summers, and short, rather dry spring and autumn in between. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −19.2 °C (−2.6 °F) in January to 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is +3.42 °C (38.2 °F). Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 63% in March, the city receives 2,450 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Shangzhi (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) | 3.9 (39.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.0 (95.0) |
29.7 (85.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.7 (−1.7) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
3.8 (38.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −24.5 (−12.1) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.9 (−41.6) |
−44.1 (−47.4) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
2.2 (36.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−32.2 (−26.0) |
−39.8 (−39.6) |
−44.1 (−47.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.3 (0.25) |
7.5 (0.30) |
17 (0.7) |
29.2 (1.15) |
63.9 (2.52) |
97.7 (3.85) |
160.1 (6.30) |
149.3 (5.88) |
61.4 (2.42) |
35.2 (1.39) |
22.7 (0.89) |
12.6 (0.50) |
662.9 (26.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.7 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 118.9 |
| Average snowy days | 10.2 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 55.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 70 | 64 | 59 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 78 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.4 | 189.2 | 224.2 | 220.9 | 243.9 | 248.3 | 228.7 | 220.5 | 226.1 | 187.7 | 148.7 | 144.2 | 2,446.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 64 | 60 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 49 | 51 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 53 | 55 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[7] | |||||||||||||
Shangzhi is divided into 10 towns and seven townships:[8][9]
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1 These are administrative zones, which are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such. 2 Formally part of Oroqen BannerinInner Mongolia but administered de facto by Daxing'anling Prefecture in Heilongjiang. 3 Formally part of Huma County. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
