Qinzhou

Qinzhou 钦州市 • Ginhcouh Si
Prefecture-level city
Qinzhou government buildings
Location of Qinzhou City jurisdiction in Guangxi
Qinzhou Location in China
Coordinates: 21°57′N 108°37′E / 21.950°N 108.617°E / 21.950; 108.617
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Guangxi
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,250 km2 (2,030 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population (2004)
• Prefecture-level city	3,440,000
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Metro	433,000
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	535000
Area code(s)	0777
Licence plate prefixes	桂N
Website	qinzhou.gov.cn

Qinzhou (postal: Yamchow, simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Qīnzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in Guangxi, China, lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having an urban population of 433,000.

The area originally belonged to Guangdong and was transferred to Guangxi in 1965. The city was originally a county Qinxian (postal: Yamhsien). From the beginning of the present era, Qinzhou (Wade-Giles: K'in-chou) was for many centuries "the center of Chinese overland trade with Indo-China".

The Qinzhou municipal region comprises two (county-level) districts and two counties.

Population data is as of 2009.　

Despite its latitude and location on the Gulf of Tonkin coast, Qinzhou has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with short, mild winters, and long, hot and humid summers. Winter begins dry and rather sunny but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier. Spring is generally overcast and often rainy, while summer continues to be rainy though is the sunniest time of year; the coastal location moderates summer daytime temperatures, but there are 10.9 days annually with rainfall totaling at least 50 mm (1.97 in). Autumn is sunny and dry. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 13.6 °C (56.5 °F) in January to 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 22.17 °C (71.9 °F). Annual rainfall is around 2,150 mm (85 in), the majority of which occurs from June to August. With monthly possible sunshine ranging from 17% in February to 55% in September, the city receives an average of 1,721 hours of bright sunshine annually.