Zhumadian

The prefecture-level city of Zhumadian administers 1 district and 9 counties.

• Yicheng District ({{lang|zh-hans|驿城区}})
• Runan County ({{lang|zh-hans|汝南县}})
• Pingyu County ({{lang|zh-hans|平舆县}})
• Xincai County ({{lang|zh-hans|新蔡县}})
• Shangcai County ({{lang|zh-hans|上蔡县}})
• Xiping County ({{lang|zh-hans|西平县}})
• Suiping County ({{lang|zh-hans|遂平县}})
• Queshan County ({{lang|zh-hans|确山县}})
• Zhengyang County ({{lang|zh-hans|正阳县}})
• Biyang County ({{lang|zh-hans|泌阳县}})

Zhumadian is situated at 32° 18'−33° 35' N latitude, and 113° 10'−115° 12' E longitude, with a maximum east–west width of {{convert|191.5|km}}, and at most {{convert|137.5|km|1}} long from south to north. The area of the prefecture is {{convert|15083|km2}}, occupying 8.9% of the total provincial area. Neighbouring prefectures are:

• Fuyang, Anhui (E)
• Xinyang (S)
• Nanyang (W)
• Pingdingshan (NW)
• Luohe (N)
• Zhoukou (NE)

The terrain is dominated by mountains, hills, hillocks, and plains.

Zhumadian has a four-season, monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with cold, somewhat damp, winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|1.5|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|27.3|°C|1}} in July, while the annual mean is {{convert|15.15|°C|1}}. More than 60% of the annual precipitation of {{convert|990|mm|in|abbr=on}} occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 39% in March to 46% in four months, the city receives 1,927 hours of bright sunshine annually.

{{Weather box

|location = Zhumadian, elevation {{convert|106|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)

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|Jan high C = 6.4

|Feb high C = 10.1

|Mar high C = 15.4

|Apr high C = 22.0

|May high C = 27.3

|Jun high C = 31.3

|Jul high C = 32.0

|Aug high C = 30.8

|Sep high C = 27.1

|Oct high C = 22.1

|Nov high C = 15.0

|Dec high C = 8.7

|Jan mean C = 1.7

|Feb mean C = 4.8

|Mar mean C = 10.0

|Apr mean C = 16.2

|May mean C = 21.7

|Jun mean C = 26.0

|Jul mean C = 27.5

|Aug mean C = 26.2

|Sep mean C = 21.8

|Oct mean C = 16.6

|Nov mean C = 9.8

|Dec mean C = 3.9

|Jan low C = -2.1

|Feb low C = 0.6

|Mar low C = 5.2

|Apr low C = 10.8

|May low C = 16.4

|Jun low C = 21.1

|Jul low C = 23.7

|Aug low C = 22.6

|Sep low C = 17.7

|Oct low C = 12.3

|Nov low C = 5.7

|Dec low C = 0.1

|Jan record high C = 21.3

|Feb record high C = 25.7

|Mar record high C = 34.2

|Apr record high C = 35.8

|May record high C = 37.7

|Jun record high C = 41.0

|Jul record high C = 41.9

|Aug record high C = 41.5

|Sep record high C = 38.8

|Oct record high C = 34.7

|Nov record high C = 30.1

|Dec record high C = 21.7

|Jan record low C = -18.0

|Feb record low C = −18.1

|Mar record low C = -10.0

|Apr record low C = −1.2

|May record low C = 4.4

|Jun record low C = 10.7

|Jul record low C = 16.0

|Aug record low C = 13.9

|Sep record low C = 7.1

|Oct record low C = −1.5

|Nov record low C = −8.7

|Dec record low C = −14.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 24.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 25.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 45.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 54.8

|May precipitation mm = 87.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 127.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 202.8

|Aug precipitation mm = 137.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 97.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 60.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 41.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 20.1

|Jan humidity = 67

|Feb humidity = 67

|Mar humidity = 67

|Apr humidity = 67

|May humidity = 66

|Jun humidity = 68

|Jul humidity = 79

|Aug humidity = 82

|Sep humidity = 77

|Oct humidity = 70

|Nov humidity = 69

|Dec humidity = 67

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.7

|Feb precipitation days = 6.7

|Mar precipitation days = 7.2

|Apr precipitation days = 7.4

|May precipitation days = 9.6

|Jun precipitation days = 8.5

|Jul precipitation days = 12.0

|Aug precipitation days = 11.2

|Sep precipitation days = 9.4

|Oct precipitation days = 7.8

|Nov precipitation days = 6.8

|Dec precipitation days = 5.3

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 116.6

|Feb sun = 118.9

|Mar sun = 150.8

|Apr sun = 176.2

|May sun = 184.0

|Jun sun = 166.3

|Jul sun = 165.4

|Aug sun = 153.1

|Sep sun = 141.0

|Oct sun = 140.8

|Nov sun = 131.8

|Dec sun = 128.6

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 37

| Feb percentsun = 38

| Mar percentsun = 40

| Apr percentsun = 45

| May percentsun = 43

| Jun percentsun = 39

| Jul percentsun = 38

| Aug percentsun = 37

| Sep percentsun = 38

| Oct percentsun = 41

| Nov percentsun = 42

| Dec percentsun = 42

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 4.9

|Feb snow days = 3.5

|Mar snow days = 1.2

|Apr snow days = 0

|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 = 0.9

|Dec snow days = 2.6

|year snow days =

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Mainly wheat, maize, peanut, sesame, green beans and tobacco are grown.

Zhumadian has a rich cultural history and the birthplace of many great people in ancient times.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} There is an old site of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai who are the characters in the Butterfly Lovers, a famous Chinese story.

Zhumadian is the location of Mount Chaya, a major geological site of interest and tourist attraction.{{cite web |title=Chaya Mountain, Zhumadian |url=https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/201901/07/WS5c3319db498e27e33802abe0/chaya-mountain-zhumadian.html |website=China Daily |access-date=19 December 2022}}

{{See also|Anti-Henan sentiment}}

People from Henan have been negatively stereotyped, with Zhumadian being singled out as the supposed base of scamming.{{Cite book |last=马志強 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fck4AAAAMAAJ&q=%E6%B2%B3%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%98%AF%E6%95%99%E7%BB%83%EF%BC%8C%E6%80%BB%E9%83%A8%E8%AE%BE%E5%9C%A8%E9%A9%BB%E9%A9%AC%E5%BA%97 |title=点评河南: 一个外地河南人眼中的河南 |date=2004 |publisher=书海出版社 |isbn=978-7-80550-593-0 |language=zh}} This may have originated from the aftermath of the 1975 Banqiao Dam collapse, when locals affected by the disaster eventually become the first large batch of migrant workers to go to Guangdong. Most of these workers had little education and lived together in impoverished communities, leading to a negative perception of Zhumadian people.{{Cite web |last=sina_mobile |date=2018-02-20 |title=这句话的最初始的原因来源于1975年8月的驻马店板桥水库 |url=https://k.sina.cn/article_6437423986_17fb34b720010042u3.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=k.sina.cn}} A popular quote going around was:

{{Text and translation|十亿人民九亿骗，河南人民是教练，总部设在驻马店|A billion people, nine hundred million deceived, the people of Henan are the coaches, their headquarters are in Zhumadian}}

Zhumadian has 62 different dams including Banqiao Dam within its territory. The failure of the Banqiao and Shimantan Dams in 1975, which caused more than 150,000 casualties and made more than 10 million people homeless, is considered the biggest catastrophe of its kind.

One of the Chinese main highways, China National Highway 107, runs through Zhumadian. Zhumadian also has its own transportation system. The old Golden Decade-built Zhumadian Aerodrome primarily served military operations from 1931 until late-2018, when it was converted for commercial passenger airliner use as well.

According to the Seventh National Census in 2020, the city’s Permanent Population (hukou) was 7,008,427.{{Cite web |title=驻马店市第七次全国人口普查公报[1]_驻马店市人民政府 |url=https://www.zhumadian.gov.cn/sjfb/tjgb/202209/t20220921_114753.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250225080656/https://www.zhumadian.gov.cn/sjfb/tjgb/202209/t20220921_114753.html |archive-date=2025-02-25 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=www.zhumadian.gov.cn |language=en}} The population was 49.57% male and 50.43% female. In terms of age structure, 25.1% were aged from 0 to 14, 55.1% were aged from 15 to 59, 19.8% were over 60, and 15.72% were over 65.

• HuangHuai University(黄淮学院)
• Zhumadian Vocational and Technical College(驻马店职业技术学院)
• Zhumadian Preschool Education College(驻马店幼儿师范高等专科学校)

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• [http://www.zhumadian.gov.cn Government website of Zhumadian] (in Simplified Chinese)

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Category:National Civilized City