Qinyang () is a county-level city in Henan province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the north. It is administered by the prefecture-level city Jiaozuo. The current population of Qinyang is estimated at 470,000.["Quanguo fenxianshi renkou tongji ziliao - 1999 niandu". Zhonghua renmin gongheguo gonganbu. Beijing: Qunzhong chubanshe, 2000.]
History
Qinyang was known as
Yewang (野王) during the
Qin dynasty, changed to
Henei county (河內县) during the
Sui dynasty, and served as the capital seat of
Huai Prefecture during the
Tang dynasty,
Hwai-king (Hwaiking) Foo () under the
Qing dynasty, and received the current name in 1913.
Geography
Location
Located between 112'46'~113°02' east longitude and 34°59'~35°18' north latitude, Qinyang which lies in the northwest of Henan Province occupies a total area of 623.5 square kilometers. It was beside the Yellow River in the late 19th century,["China", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1878.] but the river's floods have since moved it further south. Qinyang is now located along the Zhan (, Zhànhé),[" 湛" in S. Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary, 1896.] a tributary of the Yellow River. A part of the Taihang Mountains called the Shennong Mountain is in the rural area of Qinyang City. The southeast of Qinyang City is 128 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, 90 kilometers away from Luoyang in the east and 36 kilometers away from Jiaozuo in the east.
Terrain
here are many plains in the territory, , and the rest are mountainous and hilly areas. The north is
Taihang Mountain, the south is overlooking the
Yellow River, and the mountains and plains coexist. The terrain is generally high in the northwest and low in the southeast. From north to south, there are three types of mountains, hills and plains. The famous mountain peaks include
Zijin Mountain (commonly known as Xiaobeiding), Yuntai Mountain, Yunyang Mountain and Yangshan, all of which belong to the tail of the Taihang Mountains. Among them, Zijin Mountain and Yuntai Mountain are above 1,100 meters above sea level.
Climate
Qinyang City is a warm temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons, dry and windy springs, hot and rainy summers, warm and cool nights in autumn, and cold and dry in winter. The annual average temperature is . The highest temperature is , the lowest temperature is . The seasonal temperature changes obviously. The average temperature in spring is , the average temperature in summer is , the average temperature in autumn is , and the average temperature in winter is . The annual average precipitation is , of which the winter precipitation is the least, the average precipitation is , accounting for 4.9% of the whole year; the spring precipitation is slightly more, the average precipitation is , accounting for 17.3% of the whole year, and the precipitation in autumn is more, averaging , accounting for 25.6% of the whole year; the summer precipitation is the most, the average precipitation is , accounting for 52.2% of the whole year; the annual maximum precipitation is , the minimum precipitation is , and the precipitation is concentrated in seven, eight and nine. Three months, the intensity of precipitation is large, often causing floods. The average annual frost-free period is 210 days.
Administrative divisions
, this county is divided to 4 subdistricts, 6 towns and 3 townships.
- Subdistricts
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Qinyuan Subdistrict (沁园街道)
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Taihang Subdistrict (太行街道)
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Tanhuai Subdistrict (覃怀街道)
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Huaiqing Subdistrict (怀庆街道)
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- Towns
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Xifang (西万镇)
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Xixiang (西向镇)
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Ziling (紫陵镇)
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- Townships
Notable individuals
Li Shangyin, one of the most outstanding poets of the late Tang dynasty, is from Huaizhou Hanoi (now Henan Qinyang).
Zhu Zaiyu, a famous musician, born in the Ming dynasty Wang Gong (now Henan Qinyang), is Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's eighth generation.
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