Jinzhong, formerly Yuci, is a prefecture-level city in east central Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Hebei province to the east. As of the 2020 census, its total population was 3,379,498 inhabitants of 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/built-up districts, largely conurbated.
History Lingshi County was the location of the Nanshan Colliery disaster.
In 1999, the area was considered sufficiently urbanized that Jinzhong Prefecture became a prefecture-level city, with its former seat at Yuci becoming its county-level Yuci District.
Administrative divisions Jinzhong is divided into the following county-level subdivisions:
Map Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Population (2003 est.) Area (km2) Density (/km2)Yuci DistrictYúcì Qū530,0001,327399Taigu DistrictTàigǔ Qū280,0001,034271Jiexiu CityJièxiū Shì380,000743511Yushe CountyYúshè Xiàn140,0001,65185Zuoquan CountyZuǒquán Xiàn160,0002,02879Heshun CountyHéshùn Xiàn140,0002,25162Xiyang CountyXīyáng Xiàn230,0001,943118Shouyang CountyShòuyáng Xiàn210,0002,11199Qi CountyQí Xiàn260,000854304Pingyao CountyPíngyáo Xiàn490,0001,260389Lingshi CountyLíngshí Xiàn240,0001,206199
Climate Jinzhong has a continental, monsoon-influenced semi-arid climate (Köppen 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 prefecture-level city houses several Shanxi Courtyard Houses, businessmen's residences lauded as outstanding ancient civilian residences.
Yuci District is increasingly connected to nearby Taiyuan, capital of the Shanxi province, whose built-up area was home to 3,848,151 people in 2010.
Demographics According to the Seventh National Census in 2020, the city’s Permanent Population (hukou) was 3,379,498, with males accounting for 50.89% and females for 49.11%. In the age structure, 16.42% are aged 0–14, 64.62% are aged 15–59, 18.96% are over 60, and 12.99% are over 65.
Sister Cities
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