Yuci
榆次区 | |
|---|---|
Yingbin Street (迎宾街), Yuci | |
| Coordinates: 37°37′N 112°51′E / 37.617°N 112.850°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jinzhong |
| Government | |
| • CCP district committee secretary | Zhang Yingjie (张英杰) |
| • District head | Du Jianzhong (杜建中) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,318 km2 (509 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 948,048 |
| • Density | 719.3/km2 (1,863/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 030600 |
| Area code | 0354 |
| GDP (2024) | CN¥47.95 billion |
| Website | www |
Yuci District (simplified Chinese: 榆次区; traditional Chinese: 榆次區; pinyin: Yúcì Qū) is a district of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, and contains the seat of the Jinzhong municipal government.
Yuci District administers nine subdistricts, five towns and four townships:
Subdistricts:
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Yuci, elevation 854 m (2,802 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.6 (96.1) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.8 (96.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
23.6 (74.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
17.8 (64.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
−22.3 (−8.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) |
3.6 (0.14) |
8.6 (0.34) |
25.1 (0.99) |
29.1 (1.15) |
51.4 (2.02) |
99.9 (3.93) |
90.9 (3.58) |
57.9 (2.28) |
32.5 (1.28) |
11.4 (0.45) |
1.9 (0.07) |
414.3 (16.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 67.2 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 14.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 48 | 45 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 56 | 49 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 174.4 | 179.1 | 216.7 | 240.3 | 264.0 | 239.8 | 230.0 | 221.3 | 198.7 | 195.6 | 174.8 | 174.9 | 2,509.6 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 57 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
The Shanxi University Town, also known as the Shanxi Higher Education Town, is located in northern Yuci. As of 2024, ten higher-education institutions were based in the university town. Institutions there include Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Shanxi Medical University and Taiyuan Normal University.