Lüliang

Originally organized by the People's Republic of China as the Jinsui Border Region,Lvliang City, "[http://www.lvliang.gov.cn/zjll/llgl/llgk/ Overview of Luliang]" Retrieved on August 13, 2023. the region was sparsely populated in the early 20th century. However, the discovery of coal, iron, and aluminum deposits incentivized economic investment and population growth in the region. In May 1971, Lüliang was established as a prefecture-level area, and the area was reformed into a prefecture-level city in July 2004.

In 2010, the city had a GDP growth rate of 21%; at the time, prices for coal were high and the city had an active coal industry. There were plans to build a new business district in Lüliang, strongly supported by then-mayor Zhang Zhongsheng. However, in 2014, the GDP declined by 2%, and by 2015, due to a slowing economy, plans in Lüliang stalled and many apartment blocks were left unoccupied. Zhongsheng lost his job due to corruption in 2015, and was sentenced to death in 2021 on bribery charges, with a 2-year reprieve.Langfitt, Frank. "[https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/16/440822077/a-sense-of-crisis-now-in-a-chinese-boomtown-gone-bust A 'Sense Of Crisis' Now In A Chinese Boomtown Gone Bust]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150918034905/http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/09/16/440822077/a-sense-of-crisis-now-in-a-chinese-boomtown-gone-bust Archive]).National Public Radio. September 16, 2015. Retrieved on September 17, 2015.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-28 |title=Death penalty for Chinese ‘godfather’ over US$160 million in bribes |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2139335/death-penalty-godfather-chinese-coal-mining-town-over |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

The Chinese-American reproductive biologist Min Chueh Chang was born in Lüliang in 1908.

Lüliang has direct jurisdiction over 1 district, 2 county-level cities, and 10 counties:

Lüliang has a monsoon-influenced continental climate, that, under the Köppen climate classification, falls on the borderline between the semi-arid (Köppen BSk) and humid continental (Dwa) regimes, and features large diurnal temperature variation. Winters are cold and very dry, while summers are hot and slightly humid. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from {{convert|−7.0|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|23.7|°C}} in July, while the annual mean is {{convert|9.5|°C|1}}. Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September.

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|location = Lüliang (Lishi District), elevation {{convert|951|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)

|Jan high C = 0.7

|Feb high C = 5.7

|Mar high C = 12.6

|Apr high C = 20.1

|May high C = 25.6

|Jun high C = 29.6

|Jul high C = 30.6

|Aug high C = 28.5

|Sep high C = 23.6

|Oct high C = 17.2

|Nov high C = 9.4

|Dec high C = 2.1

|Jan mean C = -6.2

|Feb mean C = -1.5

|Mar mean C = 5.2

|Apr mean C = 12.5

|May mean C = 18.2

|Jun mean C = 22.5

|Jul mean C = 24.1

|Aug mean C = 22.2

|Sep mean C = 16.9

|Oct mean C = 10.0

|Nov mean C = 2.5

|Dec mean C = -4.5

|Jan low C = -11.4

|Feb low C = -7.0

|Mar low C = -0.8

|Apr low C = 5.6

|May low C = 11.1

|Jun low C = 15.9

|Jul low C = 18.7

|Aug low C = 17.2

|Sep low C = 11.7

|Oct low C = 4.7

|Nov low C = -2.4

|Dec low C = -9.2

|Jan record high C = 15.0 |Jan record low C = -26.0

|Feb record high C = 22.7 |Feb record low C = -23.9

|Mar record high C = 29.8 |Mar record low C = -16.1

|Apr record high C = 35.5 |Apr record low C = -9.6

|May record high C = 36.7 |May record low C = -3.2

|Jun record high C = 40.6 |Jun record low C = 4.2

|Jul record high C = 39.8 |Jul record low C = 10.2

|Aug record high C = 37.2 |Aug record low C = 6.6

|Sep record high C = 36.2 |Sep record low C = -2.0

|Oct record high C = 29.4 |Oct record low C = -8.7

|Nov record high C = 24.1 |Nov record low C = -20.0

|Dec record high C = 16.7 |Dec record low C = -24.9

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 2.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 6.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 11.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 26.4

|May precipitation mm = 35.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 52.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 110.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 115.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 72.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 36.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 16.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 2.8

|Jan humidity = 55

|Feb humidity = 51

|Mar humidity = 45

|Apr humidity = 42

|May humidity = 44

|Jun humidity = 52

|Jul humidity = 65

|Aug humidity = 70

|Sep humidity = 70

|Oct humidity = 66

|Nov humidity = 61

|Dec humidity = 56

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 2.5

|Feb precipitation days = 3.1

|Mar precipitation days = 4.0

|Apr precipitation days = 5.7

|May precipitation days = 6.7

|Jun precipitation days = 8.5

|Jul precipitation days = 12

|Aug precipitation days = 11.4

|Sep precipitation days = 9.0

|Oct precipitation days = 6.7

|Nov precipitation days = 4.5

|Dec precipitation days = 2.2

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 168.3

|Feb sun = 162.8

|Mar sun = 202.7

|Apr sun = 228.7

|May sun = 249.9

|Jun sun = 230.0

|Jul sun = 214.1

|Aug sun = 205.1

|Sep sun = 190.7

|Oct sun = 189.9

|Nov sun = 174.9

|Dec sun = 168.2

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 55

| Feb percentsun = 53

| Mar percentsun = 54

| Apr percentsun = 58

| May percentsun = 57

| Jun percentsun = 52

| Jul percentsun = 48

| Aug percentsun = 49

| Sep percentsun = 52

| Oct percentsun = 55

| Nov percentsun = 58

| Dec percentsun = 57

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 3.2

|Feb snow days = 3.5

|Mar snow days = 2.1

|Apr snow days = 0.4

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.2

|Nov snow days = 2.0

|Dec snow days = 3.3

|year snow days =

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|source 2 = Weather China

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• China National Highway 209
• Lüliang Dawu Airport
• Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway

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• [http://www.lvliang.gov.cn/ Official website of Lüliang government]

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