:Zhuozhou

{{about|the modern city|the historical prefecture|Zhuo Prefecture}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Zhuozhou

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|涿州市}}}}

| other_name = Chochow

| official_name =

| settlement_type = County-level city

| image_skyline = 天下第一州.jpg

|image_caption = "Best Prefecture Under Heaven" paifang

| image_map = ChinaBaodingZhuozhou.png

| map_caption = Location in Baoding

| pushpin_map = China Hebei

| pushpin_label_position =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hebei

| coordinates = {{coord|39.485|N|115.974|E|format=dms|type:adm3rd_region:CN-13_source:Gaode|display=it}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Hebei

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

| subdivision_name2 = Baoding

| seat_type = City seat

| seat = Shuangta Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|双塔街道}})

| elevation_m = 37

| elevation_ft = 122

| area_total_km2 = 751.3

| area_urban_km2 = 52.20

| area_footnotes = {{cite book |editor1=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |editor-link=Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |title=China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017 |date=2019 |publisher=China Statistics Press |location=Beijing |page=46 |url=http://www.mohurd.gov.cn/xytj/tjzljsxytjgb/jstjnj/w02019012421874448287322500.xls |access-date=11 January 2020}}

| population_total = 718000

| population_as_of = 2017

| population_urban = 354600

| population_urban_footnotes =

| timezone = China Standard

| utc_offset = +8

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 072750

| area_code = 0312

| registration_plate = {{lang|zh-cn|冀F}}

| website = {{URL|www.zhuozhou.gov.cn/}}

}}

Zhuozhou ({{zh|s=涿州|p=Zhuōzhōu|w=Cho¹-chou¹}}), is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in central Hebei province, southwest of Beijing. It is administered by Baoding prefecture-level city. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.{{cite web

|url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/06/130681.html

|script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：涿州市

|publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China

|language = zh

|access-date = 2012-07-21}}

History

Zhuozhou was the birthplace of Bai Guang in 1921.

In 1928, the city was the site of a fierce battle between the forces of Fengtien clique warlord Chang Tso-lin and those of the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army, with the city falling to the Fengtien after eighty-six days of heavy bombardment.

In September 1937, General Count Hisaichi Terauchi, commander-in-chief of the North China Area Army, sent a column of mechanised infantry supported by cavalry to cut the Jinghan railway at Zhuozhou. The area was lightly defended by provincial troops without proper artillery or planes, as the Chinese strategy at the time rested on defending Paoting with better-equipped central government soldiers.{{cite web |date =1937-09-27 |title=WAR IN CHINA: Fall of Chochow |url=https://time.com/archive/6769525/war-in-china-fall-of-chochow/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Time |language=en}}

Administrative divisions

Subdistricts:

Shuangta Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|双塔街道}}), Taoyuan Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|桃园街道}}), Qingliangsi Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|清凉寺街道}})

Towns:

Songlindian ({{lang|zh-hans|松林店镇}}), Matou ({{lang|zh-hans|码头镇}}), Dongchengfang ({{lang|zh-hans|东城坊镇}}), Gaoguanzhuang ({{lang|zh-hans|高官庄镇}}), Dongxianpo ({{lang|zh-hans|东仙坡镇}}), Baichigan ({{lang|zh-hans|百尺竿镇}})

Townships:

Yihezhuang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|义和庄乡}}), Lintun Township ({{lang|zh-hans|林屯乡}}), Sunzhuang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|孙庄乡}}), Douzhuang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|豆庄乡}}), Diaowo Township ({{lang|zh-hans|刁窝乡}})

Climate

Zhuozhou is at a high risk of floods. It was heavily impacted by the 2023 China floods, and more than a sixth of the city's 600,000 residents had to evacuate. {{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Tingshu |last2=Arslan |first2=Josh |title=As floodwaters recede, Chinese city faces 'bitter' days ahead |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/as-floodwaters-recede-chinese-city-faces-bitter-days-ahead/ar-AA1eTRGY? |access-date=8 August 2023 |work=Reuters |date=7 August 2023}}

Zhuozhou has been described by Hebei communist party secretary Ni Yuefeng as being able to "serve as a moat for the capital" using flood storage and detention areas in the aftermath of flooding in Beijing as a result of Typhoon Doksuri.{{Cite news |last=Hawkins |first=Amy |last2= |first2= |date=2023-08-04 |title=Anger in China over plan to use cities as ‘moat’ to save Beijing from floods |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/anger-in-china-over-plan-to-use-cities-as-moat-to-save-beijing-from-floods |access-date=2023-08-04 |issn=0261-3077}}

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Zhuozhou, elevation {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2025)

|Jan high C = 2.0

|Feb high C = 6.0

|Mar high C = 13.8

|Apr high C = 21.1

|May high C = 27.3

|Jun high C = 31.0

|Jul high C = 31.9

|Aug high C = 30.4

|Sep high C = 26.5

|Oct high C = 19.4

|Nov high C = 10.3

|Dec high C = 3.4

|Jan mean C = -4.5

|Feb mean C = -0.5

|Mar mean C = 7.3

|Apr mean C = 14.8

|May mean C = 21.0

|Jun mean C = 25.1

|Jul mean C = 26.9

|Aug mean C = 25.5

|Sep mean C = 20.4

|Oct mean C = 12.7

|Nov mean C = 4.1

|Dec mean C = -2.7

|Jan low C = -9.5

|Feb low C = -5.7

|Mar low C = 1.3

|Apr low C = 8.3

|May low C = 14.5

|Jun low C = 19.5

|Jul low C = 22.4

|Aug low C = 21.2

|Sep low C = 15.4

|Oct low C = 7.4

|Nov low C = -0.7

|Dec low C = -7.2

|Jan record high C = 14.3 |Jan record low C = -22.0

|Feb record high C = 17.0 |Feb record low C = -17.0

|Mar record high C = 30.3 |Mar record low C = -8.6

|Apr record high C = 31.5 |Apr record low C = -1.8

|May record high C = 37.5 |May record low C = 6.1

|Jun record high C = 40.4 |Jun record low C = 12.1

|Jul record high C = 40.4 |Jul record low C = 15.7

|Aug record high C = 36.2 |Aug record low C = 12.4

|Sep record high C = 34.3 |Sep record low C = 5.8

|Oct record high C = 30.8 |Oct record low C = -5.0

|Nov record high C = 22.3 |Nov record low C = -9.8

|Dec record high C = 14.8 |Dec record low C = -20.0

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 2.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 5.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 7.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 25.2

|May precipitation mm = 36.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 78.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 173.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 110.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 50.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 30.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 12.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 2.4

|Jan humidity = 53

|Feb humidity = 48

|Mar humidity = 45

|Apr humidity = 48

|May humidity = 54

|Jun humidity = 62

|Jul humidity = 75

|Aug humidity = 78

|Sep humidity = 73

|Oct humidity = 68

|Nov humidity = 64

|Dec humidity = 57

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 1.8

|Feb precipitation days = 2.2

|Mar precipitation days = 2.7

|Apr precipitation days = 4.9

|May precipitation days = 6.2

|Jun precipitation days = 9.4

|Jul precipitation days = 12.3

|Aug precipitation days = 10.8

|Sep precipitation days = 7.5

|Oct precipitation days = 5.1

|Nov precipitation days = 3.0

|Dec precipitation days = 1.5

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 181.1

|Feb sun = 184.6

|Mar sun = 236.2

|Apr sun = 251.9

|May sun = 274.0

|Jun sun = 231.8

|Jul sun = 203.0

|Aug sun = 212.4

|Sep sun = 210.3

|Oct sun = 195.6

|Nov sun = 166.4

|Dec sun = 168.0

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 60

| Feb percentsun = 61

| Mar percentsun = 63

| Apr percentsun = 63

| May percentsun = 62

| Jun percentsun = 52

| Jul percentsun = 45

| Aug percentsun = 51

| Sep percentsun = 57

| Oct percentsun = 57

| Nov percentsun = 56

| Dec percentsun = 58

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 3.1

|Feb snow days = 2.1

|Mar snow days = 1.0

|Apr snow days = 0.1

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 1.5

|Dec snow days = 2.5

|year snow days =

|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=26 August 2023}}

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Transportation

=Railroads=

Beijing–Guangzhou Railway: Zhuozhou Railway Station
Beijing–Shijiazhuang High-Speed Railway: Zhuozhou East Railway Station

=Highways=

Places of interest

Zhidu Temple Pagoda: A pagoda built in the Liao Dynasty.

References

External links

[http://www.zhuozhou.gov.cn/ Zhuozhou City Government Website]
[http://www.china.org.cn/english/TR-e/43448.htm Pagoda at Yunju Temple in Zhuozhou of Hebei Province]

{{Geographic Location

| Centre = Zhuozhou

| North = Fangshan District, Beijing

| Northeast = Daxing District, Beijing

| East = Gu'an County

| South = Gaobeidian City

| West = Laishui County

}}

Category:Geography of Baoding

Category:County-level cities in Hebei