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