Yangjiang

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| native_name = 阳江市

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| other_name = Yeungkong

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| leader_name = Chen Xiaochuan ({{lang|zh-hans|陈小川}})

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| leader_name1 = Lin Shaochun ({{lang|zh|林少春}})

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|demographics2_title1 = Prefecture-level city

|demographics2_info1 = CN¥ 151.6 billion
US$ 23.5 billion

| demographics2_title2 = Per capita

| demographics2_info2 = CN¥ 58,005
US$ 8,991

| timezone = China Standard

| utc_offset = +8

| coor_pinpoint = Yangjiang municipal government

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 529500

(Urban center)

529600, 529800, 529900

(Other areas)

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Yangjiang ({{Lang-zh|s=阳江|t=陽江}}),{{efn|Yangjiang has also been romanized via Mandarin as Yang-keang{{cite EB9|mode=cs2|wstitle=China|ref={{harvid|EB|1878}}|volume=5}} and Yang-kiang.{{cite EB1911|volume=XV|wstitle=Kwang-Tung}}}} alternately romanized via Cantonese as Yeungkong, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province in the People's Republic of China. It borders Maoming to the west, Yunfu to the north, Jiangmen to the east, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south. The local dialect is the Gaoyang dialect, a branch of Yue Chinese. During the 2020 census, its population was 2,602,959 inhabitants of whom 1,292,987 lived in the built-up (or metro) and largely urbanized area comprising Jiangcheng District and Yangdong County.{{cite web| url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/guangdong/admin/| title = China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}

History

Under the Qing, {{nowrap|Yangjiang County}} made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.{{sfnp|Bolton & al.|1941|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=6irEoGgDrm4C&pg=PA262 262]}} It was later split off as a separate prefecture in its own right.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Yangjiang administers 4 county-level divisions, including 2 districts, 1 county-level city and 1 counties.

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Name ! Simplified Chinese ! Hanyu Pinyin ! Population {{nowrap\|(2010 census)}} ! Area (km²) ! Density (/km²)
Jiangcheng District \|{{lang\|zh-hans\|江城区}} \|Jiāngchéng Qū \|676,857 \|779,69 \|868
Yangdong District \|{{lang\|zh-hans\|阳东区}} \|Yángdōng Qū \|442,762 \|1,702.8 \|260
Yangxi County \|{{lang\|zh-hans\|阳西县}} \|Yángxī Xiàn \|452,625 \|1,435 \|315
Yangchun \|{{lang\|zh-hans\|阳春市}} \|Yángchūn Shì \|849,505 \|4,037.8 \|210

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Name

! Simplified Chinese

! Hanyu Pinyin

! Population
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! Area
(km²)

! Density
(/km²)

Jiangcheng District

|{{lang|zh-hans|江城区}}

|Jiāngchéng Qū

|676,857

|779,69

|868

Yangdong District

|{{lang|zh-hans|阳东区}}

|Yángdōng Qū

|442,762

|1,702.8

|260

Yangxi County

|{{lang|zh-hans|阳西县}}

|Yángxī Xiàn

|452,625

|1,435

|315

Yangchun

|{{lang|zh-hans|阳春市}}

|Yángchūn Shì

|849,505

|4,037.8

|210

Yangjiang is located about {{cvt|190|km}} from Guangzhou, about 2.5 hours by bus. Notable areas include Zhapo Beach and Hailing Island near Shapa Town.

Economy and culture

Yangjiang is the base of Yangjiang Shibazi, a knife manufacturer.

The Yangjiang Group artist collective is based in the city, and its members' work is largely inspired by the locality.

Yangjiang is home to six nuclear reactors, the largest nuclear power station in China.

Geography

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The city is named for the Moyang River.

The city was hit by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on July 25, 1969 which killed over 3,000 people. The area is known for its relatively high levels of natural background radiation.{{cite journal| last =Zhang| first =SP| title =Mechanism study of adaptive response in high background radiation area of Yangjiang in China|journal =Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine|year =2010| volume=44| issue =9| pages =815–819| pmid=21092626}}

Climate

Yangjiang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with mild to warm winters and long, hot (but not especially so) summers, and very humid conditions year-round. Winter begins sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier. Spring is generally overcast, while summer brings the heaviest rains of the year though is much sunnier; there are 12.6 days with {{convert|50|mm|2|abbr=on}} or more rainfall. Autumn is sunny and dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|15.5|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|28.3|°C|1}} in July, and the annual mean is {{convert|22.74|°C|1}}. The annual rainfall is around {{convert|2221|mm|0|abbr=on}}, close to two-thirds of which occurs from May to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 18% in March to 55% in October, the city receives 1,757 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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| location = Yangjiang, elevation {{convert|90|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1952–present)

| Jan high C = 19.6

| Feb high C = 20.3

| Mar high C = 22.6

| Apr high C = 25.9

| May high C = 29.3

| Jun high C = 30.8

| Jul high C = 31.5

| Aug high C = 31.8

| Sep high C = 31.0

| Oct high C = 28.9

| Nov high C = 25.5

| Dec high C = 21.4

| Jan mean C = 15.4

| Feb mean C = 16.5

| Mar mean C = 19.2

| Apr mean C = 22.9

| May mean C = 26.2

| Jun mean C = 27.9

| Jul mean C = 28.2

| Aug mean C = 28.1

| Sep mean C = 27.2

| Oct mean C = 24.9

| Nov mean C = 21.2

| Dec mean C = 17.0

| Jan low C = 12.5

| Feb low C = 14.1

| Mar low C = 16.9

| Apr low C = 20.8

| May low C = 23.9

| Jun low C = 25.6

| Jul low C = 25.9

| Aug low C = 25.6

| Sep low C = 24.6

| Oct low C = 21.9

| Nov low C = 18.1

| Dec low C = 13.9

| Jan record high C = 28.7

| Jan record low C = −1.4

| Feb record high C = 28.9

| Feb record low C = 2.2

| Mar record high C = 32.2

| Mar record low C = 4.7

| Apr record high C = 31.7

| Apr record low C = 9.9

| May record high C = 33.9

| May record low C = 15.3

| Jun record high C = 36.8

| Jun record low C = 19.3

| Jul record high C = 38.2

| Jul record low C = 21.1

| Aug record high C = 37.5

| Aug record low C = 20.6

| Sep record high C = 36.8

| Sep record low C = 16.8

| Oct record high C = 34.6

| Oct record low C = 9.4

| Nov record high C = 33.1

| Nov record low C = 4.6

| Dec record high C = 29.3

| Dec record low C = 2.2

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 44.2

| Feb precipitation mm = 49.2

| Mar precipitation mm = 83.3

| Apr precipitation mm = 201.3

| May precipitation mm = 393.4

| Jun precipitation mm = 467.8

| Jul precipitation mm = 372.7

| Aug precipitation mm = 383.1

| Sep precipitation mm = 264.5

| Oct precipitation mm = 85.0

| Nov precipitation mm = 43.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 37.1

| Jan humidity = 73

| Feb humidity = 80

| Mar humidity = 85

| Apr humidity = 87

| May humidity = 85

| Jun humidity = 86

| Jul humidity = 84

| Aug humidity = 84

| Sep humidity = 81

| Oct humidity = 72

| Nov humidity = 70

| Dec humidity = 67

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 7.1

| Feb precipitation days = 10.3

| Mar precipitation days = 13.8

| Apr precipitation days = 14.4

| May precipitation days = 17.0

| Jun precipitation days = 19.2

| Jul precipitation days = 18.1

| Aug precipitation days = 18.4

| Sep precipitation days = 14.2

| Oct precipitation days = 5.9

| Nov precipitation days = 5.0

| Dec precipitation days = 5.1

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| Jan sun = 120.7

| Feb sun = 84.3

| Mar sun = 67.0

| Apr sun = 86.5

| May sun = 140.7

| Jun sun = 161.7

| Jul sun = 202.5

| Aug sun = 185.0

| Sep sun = 178.6

| Oct sun = 197.7

| Nov sun = 170.1

| Dec sun = 152.6

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| Jan percentsun = 36

| Feb percentsun = 26

| Mar percentsun = 18

| Apr percentsun = 23

| May percentsun = 35

| Jun percentsun = 40

| Jul percentsun = 49

| Aug percentsun = 47

| Sep percentsun = 49

| Oct percentsun = 55

| Nov percentsun = 51

| Dec percentsun = 46

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Notes

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

{{citation |last=Bolton |first=Kingsley |author2=Christopher Hutton |display-authors=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6irEoGgDrm4C |title=Triad Societies, Vol. 5 |editor=Mervyn Llwewlyn Wynne |display-editors=0 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon |date=1941 |isbn=9780415243971 |ref={{harvid|Bolton & al.|1941}} }}, reprinted 2000.

External links

[http://www.yangjiang.gov.cn Government website of Yangjiang] {{in lang|zh|en}}
[http://www.yangjiangtravel.com Official Yangjiang Travel Site] {{in lang|en}}

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