Shangzhi Explained

Shangzhi
Native Name:尚志市
Native Name Lang:zh
Settlement Type:County-level city
Image Map1:Location of Harbin Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png
Map Caption1:Harbin in Heilongjiang
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Heilongjiang
Subdivision Type2:Sub-provincial city
Subdivision Name2:Harbin
Subdivision Type3:Divisions
Seat:Shangzhi Town (Chinese: 尚志镇)
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:8824.9
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:560,448
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:45.207°N 127.965°W
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1506XX
Area Code:0451
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dwb

Shangzhi is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is away from central Harbin and has an area of approximately 9000km2. The city proper has a population of around 120,000, while the total administrative population is approximately 600,000 inhabitants. The most spacious county-level division of Harbin City, it borders Yanshou County to the north, Wuchang to the southwest, Acheng District to the northwest, and Bin County to the northwest, as well as the prefecture-level city of Mudanjiang to the southeast.

The city of Shangzhi was once called Zhuhe . It was developed during the Guangxu era in the late Qing dynasty, and was renamed to Shangzhi to commemorate the Second Sino-Japanese War hero Zhao Shangzhi in 1946.

The most famous place in Shangzhi is the Yabuli Skiing Centre -

Climate

Shangzhi has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, very dry, bitterly cold winters, very warm and humid summers, and short, rather dry spring and autumn in between. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to 22°C in July, and the annual mean is 3.42°C. Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 63% in March, the city receives 2,450 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Administrative divisions

Shangzhi is divided into 10 towns and seven townships:[3] [4]

Towns

Townships

Notable people

References

  1. Harbin Statistical Yearbook 2011 . Accessed 8 July 2014.
  2. Web site: . zh:全国各县市区人口排名 www.hongheiku.com . hongheiku . Chinese . 2022-01-05.
  3. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/23/01/230183.html . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:尚志市 . . zh-cn . 2013-02-10.
  4. Web site: 国家统计局 2019 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.