Yuzhong County
榆中县
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Landscape near Jinya
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Location of Yuzhong County (red) in Lanzhou City (yellow) and Gansu
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  Yongdeng Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 35°50′35″N 104°06′47″E / 35.843°N 104.113°E / 35.843; 104.113 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Lanzhou |
| County seat | Chengguan |
| Area | |
| • County | 3,301.64 km2 (1,274.77 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,670 m (12,040 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,480 m (4,860 ft) |
| Population
(2019)
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| • County | 560,000 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 103,900 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
730100
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| Website | www |
Yuzhong County (Chinese: 榆中县) is a countyofGansu Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level cityofLanzhou, the capital of Gansu, one of 58 counties of Gansu. Its postal code is 730100, and its population in 2019 was 560,000 people.[1]
The history of Yuzhong County goes back to 214 BC.[1] During the Jin Dynasty Yuzhong was a center of the Jincheng district located in the Yuzhong county (xian) in the Gansu province.[2] Up to 1917 it was known as Jin County or Jinxian.[1] Yuzhong has always had importance as the eastern gateway to Lanzhou. The historic Mingsu tomb (zh:明肃王墓) is located in Yuzhong.[3]
The geography of Yuzhong is divided into the densely populated central valley of the Wanchuan River, flanked by forested mountains in the southwest, and arid mountains in the northeast.
| Climate data for Yuzhong (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.2 (93.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
14.6 (58.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.0 (8.6) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.7 (−12.5) |
−22.4 (−8.3) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−25.8 (−14.4) |
−25.8 (−14.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) |
4.5 (0.18) |
10.7 (0.42) |
21.2 (0.83) |
50.3 (1.98) |
54.8 (2.16) |
76.3 (3.00) |
79.2 (3.12) |
50.4 (1.98) |
26.5 (1.04) |
4.7 (0.19) |
1.2 (0.05) |
382.6 (15.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 88 |
| Average snowy days | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 32 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 63 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 185.4 | 189.8 | 213.0 | 229.0 | 248.6 | 240.5 | 247.3 | 232.3 | 178.0 | 187.1 | 192.5 | 199.8 | 2,543.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 61 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Ethnic minorities form just 1% of the counties population, most of them are Hui.[6]
Yuzhong County is divided to 11 towns and 9 townships.[7]
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It is proposed that Yuzhong will be upgraded to Yuzhong District.[8]
Until April 2019, it was a designated poverty stricken county, however due to its favorable location near Lanzhou, along important transportation axes, the county has rapidly developed industry and services sectors.[1] In 2023 it was revealed that the county government spent 900 million CNY on a vanity project consisting of an exhibition hall and park, which remained unused for several years.[9]
Jiuquan Iron & Steel has a major steel plant in Yuzhong producing 1.3 million tons of steel annually.[10]
The Chongqing–Lanzhou railway passes through Yuzhong county, but does not have any stations within the county. The Lanzhou Metro is proposed to be extended to Yuzhong.
Several institutes of higher learning have (one of) their campuses in Yuzhong county.
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