Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a
prefecture-level city in the west of
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
province,
People's Republic of China, bordering
Shaanxi province across the
Yellow River to the west,
Jinzhong and the provincial capital of
Taiyuan
Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...
to the east,
Linfen to the south, and
Xinzhou to the north. It has a total area of and total population of 3,398,431 inhabitants according to the
2020 Chinese census
The Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), also referred to as the 2020 Chinese Census, was the seventh national census conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Census w ...
, of whom 456,355 lived in the built-up (''or metro'') area made of
Lishi District
History
In 2010 the city had a GDP growth rate at 21%; at the time prices for coal were high and the city had an active coal industry. There were plans to build a new business district in Lüliang, and the city's mayor had strongly pushed for the plan. In 2014 the GDP declined by 2%. By 2015 due to a slowing economy plans in that city stalled and many apartment blocks were left unoccupied. By 2015 the mayor lost his job due to corruption.
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In July 2021, following a Chinese government crackdown on the
Abrahamic faiths in China,
Christian
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Church Minister Zhao Weikai was arrested and charged with “illegal holding of materials promoting terrorism and extremism” by the municipal police and was forbidden from meeting with his legal council. This incident was used by various human rights groups as an example of
religious persecution
Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or a group of individuals as a response to their religion, religious beliefs or affiliations or their irreligion, lack thereof. The tendency of societies or groups within soc ...
by the
Chinese Communist Party.
The Chinese-American reproductive biologist
Min Chueh Chang was born in Lüliang in 1908.
Administration
Lüliang has direct jurisdiction over 1 district, 2 county-level cities, and 10 counties:
Climate
Lüliang has a
monsoon-influenced continental climate, that, under the
Köppen climate classification, falls on the borderline between the
semi-arid (Köppen ''BSk'') and
humid continental (''Dwa'') regimes, and features large
diurnal temperature variation. Winters are cold and very dry, while summers are hot and slightly humid. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is . Close to three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September.
Transportation
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China National Highway 209
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Lüliang Dawu Airport
Lüliang Dawu Airport is an airport serving the city of Lüliang in Shanxi Province, China. It is located near the town of Dawu in Fangshan County
Fangshan () is a county in the west of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administratio ...
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Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan Railway
References
External links
Official website of Lüliang government
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Cities in Shanxi
Prefecture-level divisions of Shanxi