Zunyi

This article covers the city of Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China. For their eponymous circle (遵义 县), see Zunyi (circle) ; for the Zunyi (遵义 街道) street in the Longtan District of Jilin City, see Zunyi (Longtan) .

Zūnyì Shì 遵义 市 Zunyi
Zunyi
Coordinates	27 ° 44 ′  N , 106 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 44 ′  N , 106 ° 55 ′  E
Location of the Prefecture of Zunyi within Guizhou
Basic data
Country	People's Republic of China
province	Guizhou
surface	30,762 km²
Residents	8,000,000 (2016)
density	260.1  Ew. / km²
Website	www.zunyi.gov.cn
View over Zunyi

Zunyi ( Chinese  遵义 市 , Pinyin Zūnyì Shì ) is a district-free city in the south of the People's Republic of China . It is the second largest city in Guizhou Province and the largest city in the north of the province. Zunyi is south of Chongqing and north of Guiyang , the provincial capital of Guizhou. It administers an area of ​​30,762 square kilometers, on which a registered population of about 8 million lives; about 2 million people live in the city itself. In addition to the Han Chinese, 36 other ethnic groups live in Zunyi , including the Tujia , Miao and Gelao nationalities .

geography

Zunyi is 239 kilometers south of Chongqing and 140 kilometers north of Guiyang. The north-south extension of the territory of Zunyi is 230.5 kilometers, the east-west extension 254 kilometers. The territory lies at altitudes of 1000 meters to 1600 meters above sea level and is 62% mountainous, only 7.4% are flat. Zunyi's highest point is in the Dalou Shan Mountains at an altitude of 2222 meters.

Zunyi is often hit by earthquakes that cause landslides and mud or debris avalanches. 37 strong earthquakes have been recorded for the past 500 years; the most severe occurred in 1876.

The Xiang Jiang , a tributary of the Wu Jiang, flows through Zunyi .

The annual average temperatures in the area of ​​the city fluctuate between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius, with many sunny days.

population

The 2000 population census showed a total population of 6,543,860 people in 1,767,649 households, of whom 3,396,536 were men and 3,147,324 women.

history

The city did not come under regular Chinese control until the beginning of the 7th century. In 639 Bo Prefecture and in 642 an associated county called Zunyi was formed. From 1601 to the beginning of the 20th century, the city was the administrative seat of the newly formed Zunyi Prefecture, which was downgraded to a district in 1914 .

The city of Zunyi went down in history because it hosted the decisive session of the Chinese Communist Party on the Long March of the Red Army in 1935 , during which Mao Zedong took control of the army and party.

Administrative structure

At the county level, Zunyi consists of three city ​​districts , seven counties , two autonomous counties and two independent cities. These are:

• Municipalities Honghuagang (红花岗区) Huichuan (汇川区) and Bozhou (播州区)
• Circles Tongzi (桐梓 县), Suiyang (绥阳 县), Zheng'an (正 安县), Fenggang (凤 冈 县), Meitan (湄潭 县), Yuqing (余庆县) and Xishui (习水县)
• Daozhen (道 真 仡佬族 苗族 自治县) and Wuchuan (务 川 仡佬族 苗族 自治县) autonomous counties of the Gelao and Miao
• Independent cities of Chishui (赤水市) and Renhuai (仁怀 市).

There is also a new district called Xinpu (新 蒲 新区). The Zunyi government is located in Huichuan District.

Attractions

Zunyi has been designated a city ​​of historical and cultural importance by the national government . One of the main attractions is the building where the Zunyi conference took place in 1935.

The 60-meter-high waterfall Chishui of the eponymous river Chishui , a tributary of the Yangtze River , is the most famous attraction in the area of Zunyi.

Economy and Infrastructure

The gross domestic product Zunyis was in 2017 at 274.9 billion yuan , 12.2% higher than in the 2016th

Until 1949, Zunyi was little more than a small market town that was dependent on Guiyang. During the People's Republic's first five-year plan (1953-57), Zunyi grew into a town and industrial center. The old town, with its predominantly administrative function, was merged with business and industrial areas. Silk, rice and grain mills and small machine factories were set up, as well as a chemical industry for the production of phosphates . The production of manganese gained in importance in the surrounding area . Large iron and steel mills were built in Zunyi in the late 1950s. As a result, factories producing electrical machines and armaments were relocated from China's east coast to Zunyi, further strengthening the city's industrial sector. Most recently, the manufacture of metal products, electrical appliances and machines, chemicals, beverages (especially wine) and plastics contributed to economic growth.

The city is connected to Guiyang and Chongqing by rail and highway .

sons and daughters of the town

• Zhou Shiming (born 1981), boxer

Web links

Commons : Zunyi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Zunyi: A Famous Historical City (engl.) ( Memento on 8 January 2005 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 遵义 简介.遵义 市 人民政府, August 9, 2017, accessed June 17, 2019 (Chinese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 地理 气候.遵义 市 人民政府, January 20, 2017, accessed June 17, 2019 (Chinese). 
3. ↑ 浙江省 乡 、 镇 、 街道 人口. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Zunyi. In: Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved August 1, 2017 . 
5. ↑ 遵义 市. State Statistics Office of the People's Republic of China , accessed June 11, 2019 (Chinese). 
6. ↑ 行政 区划.遵义 市 人民政府, January 20, 2017, accessed June 17, 2019 (Chinese).