Shangzhi () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

province, People's Republic of China. It is away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately . The city proper has a population of around 120,000, while the total administrative population is approximately 600,000 inhabitants. The most spacious

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, ther ...

of Harbin City, it borders

Yanshou County Yanshou County () is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. It borders Fangzheng County to the north, Shangzhi to the south, and ...

to the north,

Wuchang Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the ...

to the southwest,

Acheng District Acheng District (Manchu Language: Alcuka Hoton) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southeastern suburbs. The district was approved to e ...

to the northwest, and Bin County to the northwest, as well as the

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' ...

Mudanjiang Mudanjiang (; Manchu: ''Mudan bira''), alternately romanized as Mutankiang, is a prefecture-level city in the southeast part of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It was called ''Botankou'' under Japanese occupation. It serves as ...

to the southeast. The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe (). It was developed during the Guangxu era in the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, 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 () Skiing Centre -

Climate

Shangzhi has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( 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 in January to in July, and the annual mean is . 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.

Administrative divisions

Shangzhi is divided into 10 towns and seven townships:

Towns

* Shangzhi Town () * Yabuli () * Weihe () * Yimianpo () * Mao'ershan () *

Qingyang Qingyang () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Gansu province, China. Geography and climate Qingyang is the easternmost prefecture-level division of Gansu and is thus sometimes referred to as "Longdong" (). It forms an administrative penin ...

() * Lianghe () * Shitouhezi () * Yuanbao () * Heilonggong ()

Townships

* Zhenzhushan Township () * Laojieji Township () *

Mayan Township Mayan most commonly refers to: * Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America * Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America * Mayan languages, language family spoke ...

() * Changshou Township () * Wujimi Township () * Hedong Township () *

Yuchi Korean Ethnic Township The Yuchi people, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. In the 16th century, Yuchi people lived in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee. In the late 17th century, they moved south to Alabama, G ...

()

Notable people

Liu Qing Liu Qing is the name of the following Chinese people: * Liu Qing (prince) (78–106), Han dynasty crown prince * Liu Qing (basketball) (born 1964), basketball player * Liu Qing (businesswoman) (born 1978), President of Didi Chuxing * Liu Qing (foo ...

, captain of Women's Basketball National Team in the 1980s. * Yu Wenxia, singer and Miss World 2012. * Zhao Shangzhi, Commander of the Northeast Anti-Japan United Army during World War II and namesake of this city. A well-known national hero who devoted his life to the Northeastern struggle against Japanese occupation. He was captured and beheaded after a traitor leaked his whereabouts to the Japanese. * Zhao Yiman, A well-known national heroine who was killed by the Japanese invaders because she refused to leak the secrets about communist operations.

References

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{{County-level divisions of Heilongjiang Cities in Heilongjiang Districts of Harbin