Zhaoqing
| Zhaoqing City | |
|---|---|
| Province : | Guangdong |
| District-free city : | Zhaoqing |
| Area : | 15,056 km² |
| Residents : | 4.08 million (2016) |
| Population density : | 274.3 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 526040 |
| Area code : | 0758 |
| License plate : | 粤 H |
| Duanzhou District | |
| Surface: | 152.3 km² |
| Residents: | 320,000 (2002) |
| Population density : | 2,101.12 inhabitants / km² |
| Website: | www.Zhaoqing.gov.cn |
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Zhaoqing (肇庆 市, Pinyin : Zhàoqìng shì ) is a district-free city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong . Your administrative area has an area of 15,056 km² and approx. 4.08 million inhabitants (end of 2016). Approx. 784,000 people live in the actual urban settlement area of Zhaoqing (2010 census).
geography
Zhaoqing is about 90 km west of Guangdong's capital, Guangzhou . There it is located on the west river , which encloses the inner city area on three sides. To the north of it there are hills. On the opposite bank lies the urban district Gaoyao , which is itself part of Zhaoqing. The Xinghu (星湖, Sternsee) is located in the northern part of the actual inner city area.
The climate is subtropical to tropical ; the average January temperature is 13 ° C, the average July temperature around 28 ° C. The annual rainfall is around 1630 mm.
history
Zhaoqing was called Duanzhou until 1118 , and the innermost district still bears it today. In 1118, the first year of reign of Emperor Chonghe of the Song Dynasty , Zhaoqing was given its current name, which roughly means the beginning of joy and happiness .
economy
Zhaoqing is an industrial city that has been developing very strongly, especially since 1978 . The regional government specifically promotes export-oriented industry, which is why the economic structure in the region around Zhaoqing has changed from an agricultural character to an industrial one in the past 20 years. The most important industrial sectors are electronics, mechanical engineering, chemical industry, plastics processing industry, production of agricultural equipment, textile industry, pharmaceutical production and the processing of agricultural products. In the region around Zhaoqing next to be Reis especially sugarcane , peanuts , vegetables, lotus and plants for traditional Chinese medicine grown.
With a GDP per capita of around RMB 20,350 in 2002, Zhaoqing is well above the provincial average of Guangdong in terms of income.
administration
Zhaoqing is made up of three districts, one urban district and four districts:
- (1) Duanzhou District (端州 区), 152 km², approx. 320,000 inhabitants;
- (2) Dinghu District (鼎湖 区), 506 km², approx. 150,000 inhabitants;
- (3) Gaoyao District (高要 区), 2,206 km², approx. 730,000 inhabitants;
- (4) Sihui City (四 会 市), 1,258 km², approx. 420,000 inhabitants;
- (5) Guangning District (广 宁县), 2,380 km², approx. 540,000 inhabitants;
- (6) county Huaiji (怀集县), 3,573 km², about 930,000 inhabitants;
- (7) Fengkai District (封开县), 2,723 km², approx. 470,000 inhabitants;
- (8) Deqing district (德庆 县), 2,258 km², approx. 350,000 inhabitants.
Duanzhou is bounded by Gaoyao to the northwest, west and south and by Dinghu to the northeast and east. Duanzhou is made up of four street districts and two large parishes.
traffic
Zhaoqing is on the railway line from Guangzhou west to Maoming ; the station is on the north-western outskirts of the city. There are regular trains to Guangzhou, Maoming and Zhanjiang, and a daily train to Kowloon ( Hong Kong ).
The city is also on the highway from Guangzhou and Sanshui to Yunfu and Guangxi ; the highway passes Zhanjiang quite far south, but there is a separate slip road. Furthermore, the national road 321 crosses the city area. Guangzhou can be reached in 1.5 hours from Zhaoqing.
Zhaoqing has a newly built and modern port that is used for freight and passenger traffic. Hong Kong and Macau can be reached within 4 hours by regular ships .
Culture
The Mei'an Temple in Zhaoqing, which today houses the Zhaoqing Museum , the old city wall of Zhaoqing , and the stone inscriptions in the seven-star rock (七星岩 摩崖 石刻) are on the list of monuments of the People's Republic China .
Zhaoqing is known within China for its Guozhen Zong (肇庆 裹蒸粽). This is a special type of zongzi , pyramid-shaped sticky rice pouches that are wrapped in leaves and cooked for hours with mung beans , pork, salted egg, Chinese sausages, and mushrooms. These one-pound zongzi are eaten hot.
Another important cultural product from Zhaoqing is the Duanyan (端砚) rubbing stone . This grating stone has been extracted in the Duanzhou district since the Tang Dynasty . It is usually purple, but rarer and more valuable rub stones can also be green or white. Duanyan rubbing stones are valued by calligraphers for the delicacy and compactness of the stone. In addition, Indian ink is particularly pleasant to prepare and does not attack the brush.
Son of the city
- Man-Chung Tang (* 1938), Chinese-American civil engineer
Web links
- Official website (English)
Coordinates: 23 ° 3 ' N , 112 ° 27' E