Yangjiang
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Yangjiang
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| County-level divisions | 4 |
| Municipal seat | Jiangcheng District |
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| GDP[2] | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 151.6 billion US$ 23.5 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 58,005 US$ 8,991 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 529500
(Urban center) 529600, 529800, 529900 (Other areas) |
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| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-17 |
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| Major Nationalities | Han |
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Yangjiang (simplified Chinese: 阳江; traditional Chinese: 陽江),[a] 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 District.[5]
History
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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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| Jiangcheng District | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Jiāngchéng Qū | 676,857 | 779,69 | 868 |
| Yangdong District | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Yángdōng Qū | 442,762 | 1,702.8 | 260 |
| Yangxi County | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Yángxī Xiàn | 452,625 | 1,435 | 315 |
| Yangchun | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Yángchūn Shì | 849,505 | 4,037.8 | 210 |
Yangjiang is located about Template:Cvt 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
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.[6]
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 50 mm (1.97 in) or more rainfall. Autumn is sunny and dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 15.5 °C (59.9 °F) in January to 28.3 °C (82.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 22.74 °C (72.9 °F). The annual rainfall is around 2,221 mm (87 in), 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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Notes
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References
Citations
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.广东省统计局、国家统计局广东调查总队 (August 2016). 《广东统计年鉴－2016》. China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7-5037-7837-7. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zhang, SP (2010). "Mechanism study of adaptive response in high background radiation area of Yangjiang in China". Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine. 44 (9): 815–819. PMID 21092626.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in 中文（简体）). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
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Bibliography
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External links
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- Government website of Yangjiang Template:In lang
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