Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China ...

in east central Shanxi province of the

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, bordering

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province to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants whom 1,226,617 lived in the Yuci and Taigu urban districts. However,5,433,659 lived in the built-up (or metro) area of Taiyuan - Jinzhong made of Yuci district plus the 6 Taiyuan urban districts, largely conurbated.

History

Lingshi County Lingshi County () is a county of southwest-central Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Jinzhong Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bord ...

was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster. In 1999, the area was considered sufficiently urbanized that Jinzhong Prefecture became a

, with its former seat at Yuci becoming its county-level

Yuci District Yuci District () is a district in Jinzhong, Shanxi, China. Administrative Divisions Subdistricts:http://www.yuci.gov.cn/article_desc?article_id=370.html * Beiguan Subdistrict (), Jinlun Subdistrict (), Xinhua Subdistrict (), Xinan Subdistrict ...

Administrative divisions

Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:

Climate

Jinzhong has a continental,

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-influenced

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of sem ...

(

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''BSk''),Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., and McMahon, T. A.: Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1633-1644, , 2007. with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . Typifying the influence of the East Asian Monsoon, over two-thirds of the annual of precipitation occurs from June to September.

Transportation

* Taiyuan–Jiaozuo Railway

Culture

The

houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding civilian residences.

is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan, whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 people in 2010.

Sister Cities

* Jinhua,

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, Hungary * Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam * Vals, Austria *

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, France * Luang Prabang, Laos

References

External links

Jinzhong City Portal

- Jinzhong Information Network
{{Authority control Cities in Shanxi