Anguo
Anguo (simplified Chinese: 安国; traditional Chinese: 安國; pinyin: Ānguó), nicknamed "Medicine Capital" (药都), is a county-level city under the administration of and 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Baoding, central Hebei province, China.[2]
Anguo
安国市 Ankwo | |
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 Temple for the God of Medicine | |
 Location in Baoding | |
  Anguo Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 38°25′05″N 115°19′37″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Baoding |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 485.1 km2 (187.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.00 km2 (31.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (107 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • County-level city | 415,000 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 109,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 071200 |
| Area code | 0312 |
| Website | anguo |
| Anguo | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 安国 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 安國 | ||||||||
| Postal | Ankwo | ||||||||
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| Qizhou | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 祁州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Chichow | ||||||||
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It has a provincially protected Temple of the God of Medicine (藥王廟) established around 100.
In premodern China, Anguo was Qizhou (Chinese: 祁州; pinyin: Qízhōu). In 1991, Anguo was changed from county into a city. The city governs 20 town-level entities in 486 km2 (188 sq mi), of which the centrally placed Yaocheng (药城; Yàochéng) is the municipal seat. The Chinese playwright Guan Hanqing was born here.
Administrative divisions
Subdistricts:[2]
- Qizhouyaoshi Subdistrict (祁州药市街道)
Towns:
- Qizhou (祁州镇), Wurenqiao (伍仁桥镇), Shifo (石佛镇), Zhengzhang (郑章镇), Xifoluo (西佛落镇), Dawunü (大五女镇)
Townships:
- Mingguandian Township (明官店乡), Nanloudi Township (南娄底乡), Xi'anguocheng Township (西安国城乡), Beiduancun Township (北段村乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Anguo (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
40.7 (105.3) |
42.3 (108.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
19.0 (66.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.2 (46.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.4 (0.09) |
4.5 (0.18) |
9.7 (0.38) |
21.8 (0.86) |
31.7 (1.25) |
58.1 (2.29) |
126.2 (4.97) |
121.4 (4.78) |
56.8 (2.24) |
22.0 (0.87) |
11.4 (0.45) |
2.2 (0.09) |
468.2 (18.45) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 62 | 76 | 80 | 75 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
External links
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- 安国市-行政区划网. XZQH.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- 药都安国 (Anguo, the Medicine Capital). Municipal government website, in Simplified Chinese
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