Meihekou

Meihekou (Chinese: 梅河口; pinyin: Méihékǒu; lit. 'Plum River Mouth') is a city of 600,000 in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to Liaoyuan in the northwest. The city is administratively a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Tonghua, and is its northernmost county-level division.

Meihekou

梅河口市
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Meihekou in Tonghua
Meihekou
Location in Jilin
Coordinates (Meihekou government): 42°32′27″N 125°42′39″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJilin
Prefecture-level cityTonghua
SeatXinhua Subdistrict (新华街道)
Area
 • County-level & Sub-prefectural city2,174.6 km2 (839.6 sq mi)
 • Urban
80.00 km2 (30.89 sq mi)
Elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Population
 (2009)[2]
617,262
 • Estimate 
(2017)
709,000
 • Urban285,100
 • Hukou permits
183,565
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Geography

Meihekou is located in southwestern Jilin province at latitudes 42° 08' to 43° 02' N and longitudes 125° 15' to 126° 03' E, stretching 97 kilometres (60 mi) north−south and 35 kilometres (22 mi) west−east. It is situated in the western foothills of the Changbai Mountains and on the upper reaches of the Huifa River (辉发河). Bordering county-level divisions are Huinan County to the east, Liuhe County to the south and southeast, Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County (Liaoning) to the southwest, Dongfeng County to the west and northwest.

Climate
Climate data for Meihekou (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −8.3
(17.1)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 3.8
(38.8)		 14.3
(57.7)		 21.0
(69.8)		 25.3
(77.5)		 27.5
(81.5)		 26.5
(79.7)		 21.4
(70.5)		 13.6
(56.5)		 3.0
(37.4)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 11.6
(52.8)
Average low °C (°F) −21.3
(−6.3)		 −17.3
(0.9)		 −7.4
(18.7)		 1.3
(34.3)		 8.3
(46.9)		 14.6
(58.3)		 18.4
(65.1)		 16.8
(62.2)		 9.0
(48.2)		 1.1
(34.0)		 −7.8
(18.0)		 −16.8
(1.8)		 −0.1
(31.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.8
(0.23)		 6.6
(0.26)		 14.7
(0.58)		 37.7
(1.48)		 59.5
(2.34)		 103.1
(4.06)		 181.4
(7.14)		 141.9
(5.59)		 64.2
(2.53)		 40.5
(1.59)		 19.1
(0.75)		 7.9
(0.31)		 682.4
(26.86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.0 5.8 6.5 8.8 12.0 14.8 16.4 14.3 10.1 8.3 7.4 6.3 116.7
Source: Weather China

Administrative divisions

[3] Subdistricts:

  • Xinhua Subdistrict (新华街道), Jiefang Subdistrict (解放街道), Guangming Subdistrict (光明街道), Heping Subdistrict (和平街道), Fumin Subdistrict (福民街道)

Towns:

  • Shancheng (山城镇), Hailong (海龙镇), Hongmei (红梅镇), Jinhua (进化镇), Xinhe (新合镇), Shuguang (曙光镇), Zhonghe, Meihekou (中和镇), Yizuoying (一座营镇), Shuidao (水道镇), Yezhuhe (野猪河镇), Kangdaying (康大营镇), Heishantou (黑山头镇), Niuxinding (牛心顶镇), Dawan (大湾镇)

Townships:

  • Lilu Township (李炉乡), Shuangquan Township (双泉乡), Sibashi Township (四八石乡), Chengnan Township (城南乡), Yimin Township (义民乡), Xingling Township (杏岭乡), Jile Township (吉乐乡), Shuangxing Township (双兴乡), Xinghua Township (兴华乡), Jiangjiajie Township (姜家街乡), Wanlong Township (湾龙乡), Xiaoyang Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township (小杨满族朝鲜族乡), Huayuan Korean Ethnic Township (花园朝鲜族乡)

Transportation

Meihekou is a regional transport hub, connecting the Shenji (Shenyang−Jilin City; 沈吉铁路), the Simei (Siping−Meihekou; 四梅铁路), and the Meiji (Meihekou−Ji'an 梅集铁路) Railways. The highways that pass through the area are the Heida (Heihe−Dalian) Highway and the Jixi (Ji'an−Xilinhot) Highway.

References
  1. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 50. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. 梅河口市人口民族 (in Chinese). Meihekou People's Government. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  3. 通化市-行政区划网. xzqh.org.
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