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Songzi
Songzi (Chinese: 松滋市; pinyin: Sōngzī Shì) 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 the prefecture-level city of Jingzhou, 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.
Fourteen towns:
Two townships:
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 (61,500 hectares). Songzi is conjoining with Jianghan Plain (江汉平原) in the east {neighbouring with Jingzhou, Gong'an, adjoining with Yichang in the west {connecting to Wufeng and Yidu, bordering with Wuling in the south (adjacent to Li County, Shimen in Hunan province), and being bounded by Yangtze River in the north, looking across the river to Zhicheng. Situated in the crossing point between Jiaoliu 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).
It is very suitable for agricultural development. It already has the famous brands like Weishui siniperca shuatsi (洈水鳜鱼), Mashui sweet pomelo (麻水蜜柚), Shangming-brand mandarin orange (上明牌柑桔), Babao cotton (八宝棉), etc. The total products of cotton, animal husbandry (pork, beef, mutton) make Songzi to have entered into the rank of Top 100 counties and cities in its kind in China. The city has been named by the State as the produce base for marketable grains, high-quality cotton, Changjiang-River-Upper-and-Middle-Stream Fruit Development.
It is rich in natural resources. The exploitable ones include crude oil, coal, halite (rock salt), canbyite, barytes, limestone, and others, 22 kinds in total. It has become the important coal and cement output area in Hubei Province.
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Songzi
Songzi (Chinese: 松滋市; pinyin: Sōngzī Shì) 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 the prefecture-level city of Jingzhou, 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.
Fourteen towns:
Two townships:
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 (61,500 hectares). Songzi is conjoining with Jianghan Plain (江汉平原) in the east {neighbouring with Jingzhou, Gong'an, adjoining with Yichang in the west {connecting to Wufeng and Yidu, bordering with Wuling in the south (adjacent to Li County, Shimen in Hunan province), and being bounded by Yangtze River in the north, looking across the river to Zhicheng. Situated in the crossing point between Jiaoliu 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).
It is very suitable for agricultural development. It already has the famous brands like Weishui siniperca shuatsi (洈水鳜鱼), Mashui sweet pomelo (麻水蜜柚), Shangming-brand mandarin orange (上明牌柑桔), Babao cotton (八宝棉), etc. The total products of cotton, animal husbandry (pork, beef, mutton) make Songzi to have entered into the rank of Top 100 counties and cities in its kind in China. The city has been named by the State as the produce base for marketable grains, high-quality cotton, Changjiang-River-Upper-and-Middle-Stream Fruit Development.
It is rich in natural resources. The exploitable ones include crude oil, coal, halite (rock salt), canbyite, barytes, limestone, and others, 22 kinds in total. It has become the important coal and cement output area in Hubei Province.