Tongcheng, Anhui
Tongcheng (Chinese: 桐城; pinyin: Tóngchéng) is a county-level city and former county in the southwest of Anhui province and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Anqing. Its population is 744,000 and its area is 1,571 km2 (607 sq mi). Tongcheng is noted for the Tongcheng School.
Tongcheng
桐城市 Tungcheng | |
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 Tongcheng in Anqing | |
.png.webp) Anqing in Anhui | |
| Coordinates: 31°02′09″N 116°56′12″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Anqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,472 km2 (568 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 686,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 231400 |
Administrative divisions
Tongcheng City has jurisdiction over 3 subdistricts, 12 towns and 2 others.[1]
- Subdistricts
- Longteng Subdistrict (龙腾街道)
- Wenchang Subdistrict (文昌街道)
- Longmin Subdistrict (龙眠街道)
- Towns
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- Others
- Tongcheng Economic Development Zone (桐城经济开发区)
- Tongcheng Shuangxin Economic Development Zone (桐城双新经济开发区)
Climate
| Climate data for Tongcheng (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.8 (98.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
32.4 (90.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.6 (1.52) |
56.1 (2.21) |
94.7 (3.73) |
122.0 (4.80) |
145.7 (5.74) |
232.6 (9.16) |
205.0 (8.07) |
173.5 (6.83) |
88.0 (3.46) |
59.3 (2.33) |
47.8 (1.88) |
27.2 (1.07) |
1,290.5 (50.8) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 75 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Zhang Tingyu, advisor to three Qing Dynasty emperors
- Chu Bo, the former governor of Hunan Province, and currently party chief in Inner Mongolia, was born in Tongcheng.
- Fang Bao, author
- Fang Lanfen, author
- Fang Quan, author, Qing prefect
- Fang Chih, Chinese diplomat
- Gui Congyou, diplomat, appointed China's ambassador to Sweden in 2017[3]
- Wang Wenbin, diplomat, one of the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Zuo Guangdou, late Ming Dynasty censorate official
References
- 蚌埠市-行政区划王 (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- Forsberg, Birgitta (30 January 2020). "Vem är Gui Congyou? Möt Kinas ambassadör i Sverige | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet.
External links
- Government website of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
- Website of Tongcheng Middle School (in Simplified Chinese)
- Tourism Information of Tongcheng (in Simplified Chinese)
- Tongcheng Normal School (in Simplified Chinese)
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