Chaohu
Chaohu
巢湖 | |
|---|---|
巢湖市 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Hefei |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zheng Weiwen (郑为文) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,063 km2 (797 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 859,000 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0565 |
| License Plate Prefix | 皖Q |
Chaohu (Chinese: 巢湖; pinyin: Cháohú) was formerly a prefecture-level city and is now a county-level city in central Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Embracing the Lake Chao, from which the city was named, Chaohu borders the provincial capital of Hefei to the northwest, Lu'an to the west, Anqing to the southwest, Tongling to the south, Wuhu to the southeast, and Ma'anshan and the province of Jiangsu to the east.
On August 22, 2011, Anhui province government announced in a controversial decision[1] that Chaohu was split into three parts and was absorbed by neighboring cities.[2] Juchao District was renamed to Chaohu as a county-level city under Hefei's administration.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Chaohu (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
1.4 (34.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40.0 (1.57) |
54.5 (2.15) |
92.6 (3.65) |
87.4 (3.44) |
114.1 (4.49) |
181.1 (7.13) |
181.5 (7.15) |
127.0 (5.00) |
74.6 (2.94) |
66.7 (2.63) |
53.0 (2.09) |
26.4 (1.04) |
1,098.9 (43.28) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.0 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 123 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Zhou Yu (175 - 210), Three Kingdoms era military general of the Kingdom of Wu
- Ding Ruchang (1836–1895), Qing Dynasty naval commander and captain of battleship Dingyuan
- Feng Yuxiang, warlord in the Republican Era
- Xu Haifeng (b. 1957), first Chinese gold medalist for Men's 50 m Pistol in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States
- Zhang Zhizhong, general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.
References
- ^ Louisa Lim. "The Curious Case Of The Vanishing Chinese City". NPR.org. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Three-way split to wipe Anhui city off the map". China Daily. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "安徽宣布撤销地级巢湖市" (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
External links
- Government website of Chaohu (available in Chinese and English)