Zhuanghe () is one of the two "northern county-level cities", the other being Wafangdian, under the administration of

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on ...

, located in the south of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmo ...

province,

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. Its area is and its permanent population is 841,321, making it Dalian's most spacious

county-level division The administrative divisions of China have consisted of several levels since ancient times, due to China's large population and geographical area. The constitution of China provides for three levels of government. However in practice, there ...

Geography and climate

Zhuanghe occupies the northeastern corner of Dalian City on the

Liaodong Peninsula The Liaodong Peninsula (also Liaotung Peninsula, ) is a peninsula in southern Liaoning province in Northeast China, and makes up the southwestern coastal half of the Liaodong region. It is located between the mouths of the Daliao River ...

, with latitude ranging from 39° 25' to 40° 12' N and longitude ranging from 122° 29' to 123° 31' E. It covers an area of , of which is land; the natural coastline measures . It borders

Donggang City Donggang () is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Situated on the coast of the Yellow Sea at the mouth of the Yalu River, it is located near the maritime border with North Korea. Administratively, it is a county-level ...

to the east,

Pulandian Pulandian District () is one of the seven districts under the administration of Dalian, located in the south of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its area is and its permanent population is 741,230. The district borders the prefectu ...

City to the west, Gaizhou City and

Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (, Manchu: ; Möllendorff: siuyan manju beye dasangga siyan) is a county in the southeast of Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is also one of the 11 Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomo ...

to the north, and

Changhai County Changhai County () is a county under the administration of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. It consists of several islands in the Yellow Sea and is located offshore of the Liaodong Peninsula. There are 112 small islands and reefs in the county, ...

in the

Yellow Sea The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour ter ...

to the south. Elevations increase from south to north, with the northern part of the city being part of the southern

Qian Mountains Qian Mountains or Qianshan (), a branch of the Changbai Mountains on the China-North Korea border, start from eastern Jilin Province, China, and extend to eastern and southern Liaoning Province, down to Liaodong Peninsula. Some of the prominent ...

; the highest elevation in Zhuanghe City is . Zhuanghe has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscil ...

-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

( Köppen ''Dwa''), with long, cold, but dry winters, and humid and very warm summers. Due to the location on the Liaodong Peninsula, there is a seasonal delay in spring and summer, and extremes in heat are moderated; however, low temperatures peak in July. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in August, and the annual mean is . Precipitation is generous but a majority of the annual total falls in July and Average. There is an average 2,415.6 hours of bright sunshine annually, and the frost-free period averages 165 days. Extremes in temperature range from to .

Administrative divisions

There are 5 subdistricts, 15

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an or ...

, 4 townships, and 2

ethnic townships An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

under the city's administration:

Subdistricts (街道)

* Chengguan Subdistrict () * Xinhua Subdistrict () * Xingda Subdistrict () * Changsheng Subdistrict () * Mingyang Subdistrict ()

Towns (镇)

Townships (乡)

* Anzishan Township () * Buyunshan Township () * Landian Township () * Shicheng Township (Shihcheng) ()

Ethnic Townships

* Taipingling Manchu Ethnic Township () * Guiyunhua Manchu Ethnic Township ()

Demography

Zhuanghe has a population of over 900,000 and its area is .

Transportation

*Zhuanghe Bus Station *Zhuanghe Railway Station *Zhuanghe Port *

China National Highway 201 China National Highway 201 (G201) runs from Hegang, Heilongjiang Province to Lushunkou, Liaoning Province. It is 1,964 kilometres in length and runs southeast from Hegang towards the border with Russia before turning southwest, going via Mudanj ...

, running parallel to G15 and through downtown *

China National Highway 305 China National Highway 305 (G305) runs northwest from Zhuanghe, Liaoning towards Linxi, Inner Mongolia. It is 815 kilometres in length. Route and distance See also * China National Highways The China National Highways (CNH/Guodao) ( ...

, of which Zhuanghe is the terminus, provides access to the interior of the

, Yingkou, and points beyond before terminating at Linxi,

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

. *

G11 Hegang–Dalian Expressway The Hegang–Dalian Expressway (), designated as G11 and commonly referred to as the Heda Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China, and Dalian, Liaoning. When fully complete, it will be in length. T ...

, the main road to central Dalian, passing to the north of downtown

Economy

A base of the national commodity grain, Zhuanghe has very abundant agricultural and natural resources. Besides, it is one of the most important fruit bases in eastern Liaodong Peninsula. The Port of Zhuanghe is under construction. Zhuanghe is also increasingly promoting its furniture manufacturing industry. The Huafeng Furniture Manufacturing Company has been one of the largest furniture manufacturing companies all over the country. The Huayuankou Industrial Zone in the westernmost part of Zhuanghe City is one of " Five Points, One Line" projects of the province.

Sightseeing

The tourism has gradually developed to be rising support structure in the county. * Chengshan Ancient Town () * Bingyu Valley ():

Guilin Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''; alternatively romanized as Kweilin) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River and borders Hunan to the nort ...

of northern China * Yinshitan National Forest Park () * Buyun Mountain (), the highest peak in Dalian, at above sea level, and Buyun Mountain Hot Spring * Sea King Nine Islands () * Xianrendong National Nature Reserve ()

Gallery

File:Zhuanghe Port, China.jpg, Zhuanghe Port File:Zhuanghe City Xinhua Christian Church, China.jpg, Zhuanghe City Xinhua Christian Church File:China-Liaoning-Dalian-Zhuanghe.jpg, Downtown Zhuanghe on Huanghe Avenue at Xinhua (2007)

References

External links

Zhuanghe Government websiteDalian Government website
{{authority control Districts of Dalian Cities in Liaoning