Songzi
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Songzi 松滋市 |
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 Songzi
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| Coordinates: 30°10′N 111°46′E / 30.167°N 111.767°ECoordinates: 30°10′N 111°46′E / 30.167°N 111.767°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Jingzhou |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Songzi (Chinese: 松滋市; pinyin: Sōngzī) is a city in the southwest of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located in the middle reach and southern bank of the Yangtze River. It is a county-level city under the administration of Jingzhou City, and controls 16 townships and 2 development zones, 235,000 households and a population of 765,911 (data from the 2010 Census). It is a long-historied but young and robust city.
With its beautiful scenery, abundant resources, plentiful products, wealthy people, it earns itself the good reputation of “Gold Songzi” ("金松滋").
Longitude 110º14′—112º03′ east, latitude 29º53′—30º22′ north, 77 kilometres (48 mi) lengthwise from east to west, 55 km widthwise from north to south, the total land area is 2,235 square kilometres (863 sq mi), with an arable land of 923,000 mu. Songzi is conjoining with Jianghan Plain (江汉平原) in the east {neighbouring with Jingzhou (荆州), Gong'an (公安)}, adjoining with Yichang (宜昌) in the west {connecting to Wufeng and Yidu (五峰、宜都)}, bordering with Wuling (武陵) in the south {adjacent to Lixian, Shimen (澧县、石门) in Hunan Province}, and being bounded by Yangtse River in the north{looking across the river to Zhicheng (枝城)}. Situated in the crossing point between Jiaoliu (焦柳) Railway and Yangtze River, it is a newly flourishing city prospering from industry, agriculture, commerce and trade, tourism, etc.
Songzi has a long and splendor history, as far as back to Palaeolithic Period (the Old Stone Age) when the primitive human beings had already settled down here. Awaking from Spring and Autumn Period, continuing into two Han Dynasties, bustling at Wei and Jin Dynasties, thriving at Ming and Qing Dynasties, now it is prospering at the time of Reforming and Opening Period in contemporary China.
Songzi has excellent natural conditions – fertile land, rich resources, mild climate, and moderate rainfall. It has beautiful mountains and rivers, with quite versatile landscapes. There are mountains, hills, uplands, plains linking to each other - “six-tenths of hills, one-tenth of waters and three-tenths of farmland”. The climate is a subtropical transitional monsoon one. The yearly average temperature is 16.5 °C (61.7 °F). The non-frost period is about 232~301 days in a year. The annual average hours of sunshine is 1,600~1,900H. The annual amount of precipitation is 1,200 millimetres (47 in).
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