Tianshui
Tianshui 天水 | |
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天水市 | |
 Tianshui train station in winter 2009 | |
.png) Location o Tianshui Ceety jurisdiction in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 34°35′N 105°44′E / 34.583°N 105.733°E | |
| Kintra | Fowkrepublic o Cheenae |
| Province | Gansu |
| Municipal seat | Qinzhou Destrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14300 km2 (5,500 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1171 m (3,842 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,262,548 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Standard) |
| Postal code | 741000 |
| Area code(s) | 0938 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 甘E |
| Website | tianshui |
Tianshui (Cheenese: 天水; pinyin: Tiānshuǐ; leeterally: "sky an watter") is the seicont lairgest ceety in Gansu province, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Its population is approximately 3,500,000.
Tianshui lies alang the route o the auncient Northren Silk Road at the Wei River, through which much o Sino-Wastren trade occurred.[2] Nearbi are the Maijishan Grottoes filled wi thoosands o Buddhist sculptures, representit bi figurs as Sakyamuni an Avalokitesvara, produced in as early as the Wei Dynasty an as late as the Song Dynasty bi Buddhist monks who first came here via the North Silk Road an, later on, bi local Buddhists, for worship purposes.[3]
The Qin state, later tae acome the foondin dynasty o the Cheenese empire, grew oot frae this aurie, an the Qin name itself is believed tae hae originatit, in pairt, frae thare[4] Qin tombs hae been excavatit frae Fangmatan near Tianshui, includin ane 2200 year auld cairt o Guixian Coonty.[5]
Tianshui is a diocese o the Roman Catholic kirk, currently vacant.[6]
Subdiveesions[eedit | eedit soorce]
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) |
Aurie (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Qinzhou Destrict | 秦州区 | Qínzhōu Qū | 650,000 | 2,442 | 266 |
| 2 | Maiji Destrict | 麦积区 | Màijī Qū | 580,000 | 3,452 | 188 |
| 3 | Qingshui Coonty | 清水县 | Qīngshuǐ Xiàn | 310,000 | 2,003 | 155 |
| 4 | Qin'an Coonty | 秦安县 | Qín'ān Xiàn | 600,000 | 1,601 | 375 |
| 5 | Gangu Coonty | 甘谷县 | Gāngǔ Xiàn | 600,000 | 1,572 | 382 |
| 6 | Wushan Coonty | 武山县 | Wǔshān Xiàn | 440,000 | 2,011 | 219 |
| 7 | Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous Coonty | 张家川回族自治县 | Zhāngjiāchuān Huízú Zìzhìxiàn |
320,000 | 1,311 | 244 |
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Tianshui haes a monsoon-influenced, cuil semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), wi fower distinct saisons o comparatively equal length. Winters are cauld but dry, wi Januar 24-oor average temperatur o −2.0 °C (28.4 °F), while simmers are wairm an somewhat humid, wi Julie 24-oor average temperatur o 22.8 °C (73.0 °F). Much o the annual rainfaw occurs frae Juin tae September, an the annual mean temperatur is 11.00 °C (51.8 °F).
| Climate data for Tianshui (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
6.7 (44.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
17.0 (62.5) |
| Average law °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−3 (27) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.1 (0.20) |
6.0 (0.24) |
18.7 (0.74) |
38.0 (1.50) |
54.5 (2.15) |
68.9 (2.71) |
84.6 (3.33) |
78.8 (3.10) |
74.3 (2.93) |
47.1 (1.85) |
12.1 (0.48) |
3.6 (0.14) |
491.7 (19.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 101.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 60 | 61 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 71 | 65 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 144.3 | 128.4 | 142.2 | 182.0 | 201.7 | 190.0 | 195.7 | 193.4 | 125.4 | 123.7 | 133.4 | 151.0 | 1,911.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 42 | 39 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 43 |
| Source: Cheenae Meteorological Admeenistration | |||||||||||||
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Ane sister ceety o Tianshui is:
Fitnotes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010, 2011-05-09(in Cheenese)
- ↑ Silk Road, North China, C. Michael Hogan, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
- ↑ "Artistic treasures of Maiji Mountain caves" by Alok Shrotriya and Zhou Xue-ying. [1]
- ↑ Peoples Daily online, Chinese surname history: Qin.
- ↑ Over 2,200-Year-old Map Discovered in NW China.
- ↑ Diocese of Tsinchow [Tianshui]
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