Chaohu
Chaohu
巢湖市 | |
|---|---|
 Chaohu train station | |
 Chaohu in Hefei | |
.png) Hefei in Anhui | |
| Coordinates (Chaohu municipal government): 31°37′28″N 117°53′25″E / 31.6244°N 117.8902°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Hefei |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zhang Sheng (张生) |
| • Secretary | Hu Qisheng (胡启生) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,063 km2 (797 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 727,162 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 238000 |
| Area code(s) | 0565 (abolished, now using 0551-8XXXXXXX) |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖A (formerly 皖Q) |
Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) is a county-level city of Anhui Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei. Situated on the northeast and southeast shores of Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu is under the administration of Hefei, the provincial capital, and is the latter's easternmost county-level division.
Formerly it was a prefecture-level city, which held administration over Wuwei, Lujiang, He and Hanshan counties until it dissolved on August 22, 2011. The Anhui provincial government announced in a controversial decision[1] that the prefecture-level city Chaohu was to be split into three parts and absorbed into neighboring cities.[2] Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Chaohu (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) | 20.9 (69.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
13.2 (55.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.2 (8.2) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
64.3 (2.53) |
91.4 (3.60) |
93.1 (3.67) |
95.4 (3.76) |
186.6 (7.35) |
201.9 (7.95) |
162.2 (6.39) |
71.1 (2.80) |
52.1 (2.05) |
57.7 (2.27) |
39.7 (1.56) |
1,171.7 (46.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.2 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 119.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 110.5 | 116.3 | 143.7 | 174.1 | 181.3 | 151.9 | 198.8 | 187.9 | 153.6 | 157.6 | 140.5 | 131.9 | 1,848.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
Chaohu City is divided to 6 Subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 township.[7][8]
- Subdistricts
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- Towns
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- Townships
- Miaogang Township (庙岗乡)
Notable people
- Zhou Yu (175–210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan
- Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
- Xu Haifeng (b. 1957), first Chinese gold medalist for Men's 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
- Zhang Zhizhong, general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.
References
- ^ Louisa Lim. "The Curious Case Of The Vanishing Chinese City". NPR.org. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Three-way split to wipe Anhui city off the map". China Daily. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ 安徽宣布撤销地级巢湖市 (in Simplified Chinese). Xinhuanet. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 巢湖 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：巢湖市 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ 合肥市-行政区划王 (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
External links
- Government website of Chaohu Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (available in Chinese and English)