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Xuchang

许昌市

Hsuchang
Prefecture-level city
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Location of Xuchang City jurisdiction in Henan
Location of Xuchang City jurisdiction in Henan
Country People's Republic of China
Province Henan
Municipal seat Weidu District
Area
 • Prefecture-level city 4,978.36 km2 (1,922.16 sq mi)
 • Urban
1,088.2 km2 (420.2 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,724 km2 (666 sq mi)
Elevation
71 m (234 ft)
Highest elevation
1,150.6 m (3,774.9 ft)
Lowest elevation
50.4 m (165.4 ft)
Population
 (2020 census for total, 2010 otherwise)
 • Prefecture-level city 4,379,998
 • Density 879.8074/km2 (2,278.6907/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,265,536
 • Urban density 1,162.96/km2 (3,012.06/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,952,666
 • Metro density 1,132.6/km2 (2,933.5/sq mi)
GDP
 • Prefecture-level city CN¥ 237.8 billion
US$ 35.8 billion
 • Per capita CN¥ 54,522
US$ 8,208
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s) 374
ISO 3166 code CN-HA-10
Major Nationalities Han
County-level divisions 6
License plate prefixes K
Xuchang
Traditional Chinese 許昌
Simplified Chinese 许昌
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Xǔchāng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh Sheuchang
Wade–Giles Hsü3-ch'ang1
IPA [ɕỳʈʂʰáŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Héui-chēung
Jyutping Heoi2-coeng1
Southern Min
Tâi-lô Khóo-tshiong

Xuchang (simplified Chinese: 许昌; traditional Chinese: 許昌; postal: Hsuchang) is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province in Central China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the northwest, Kaifeng to the northeast, Zhoukou to the east, Luohe to the southeast, and Pingdingshan to the southwest.

Its population was 4,307,488 inhabitants at the final 2010 census, of whom 1,952,666 lived in the built-up (or "metro") area made up of Weidu and Jian'an districts (named from Emperor Xian of Han’s era name) and Changge City largely being urbanized. In 2007, the city was named as one of China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Xuchang administers 2 district, 2 county-level cities and 2 counties.

  • Weidu District (魏都区)
  • Jian'an District (建安区)
  • Yuzhou City (禹州市)
  • Changge City (长葛市)
  • Yanling County (鄢陵县)
  • Xiangcheng County (襄城县)
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History

During the early Zhou dynasty, the Xuchang region was granted to the Xu family (Xǔ (許/许)) of the Jiang surname and became the State of Xu, ruled by Xu Wenshu. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Xuchang was successively occupied by the states of Zheng and Chu, and the Xu family was later relocated to Ye County by the Chu state.

Xuchang served as the warlord Cao Cao's de facto capital during the late Eastern Han dynasty. After finding the old capital Luoyang ravaged by war, Cao moved the imperial court and Emperor Xian to what is now Xuchang in 196.

In 220, Cao Cao's son and successor Cao Pi officially declared the city as the capital of the newly established state of Cao Wei. The city was renamed "Xuchang" taken to mean "Xu Rising". The Wei emperors held court at Xuchang until the capital was moved to Luoyang in the 220s.

Geography and climate

Xuchang ranges in latitude from 33° 16' to 34° 24' N and in longitude from 113° 03' to 114° 190' E.

Xuchang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool and dry, summers hot and humid, spring begins early and is warm, and autumn is mild and provides a reasonable transition. Rain mainly falls from May to September, as more than 70% of the annual precipitation occurs then. The city has an annual mean temperature of at 14.6 °C (58.3 °F), and its highest average monthly temperature is 27.0 °C (80.6 °F) in July and the lowest is 0.7 °C (33.3 °F) in January. Just over 700 millimetres (28 in) of precipitation falls each year, the growing season averages 217 days and there is 2280 hours of sunshine per year.

Climate data for Xuchang (1991–2012 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.2
(68.4)
23.5
(74.3)
28.3
(82.9)
34.2
(93.6)
39.3
(102.7)
41.9
(107.4)
40.4
(104.7)
38.9
(102.0)
37.2
(99.0)
35.1
(95.2)
27.7
(81.9)
21.4
(70.5)
41.9
(107.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.1
(43.0)
10.0
(50.0)
14.8
(58.6)
21.7
(71.1)
27.1
(80.8)
32.3
(90.1)
32.0
(89.6)
30.3
(86.5)
26.9
(80.4)
22.2
(72.0)
14.6
(58.3)
8.0
(46.4)
20.5
(68.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.7
(33.3)
4.2
(39.6)
9.0
(48.2)
15.6
(60.1)
21.1
(70.0)
26.1
(79.0)
27.2
(81.0)
25.6
(78.1)
21.2
(70.2)
15.9
(60.6)
8.7
(47.7)
2.8
(37.0)
14.8
(58.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −3.3
(26.1)
−0.4
(31.3)
4.1
(39.4)
10.0
(50.0)
15.6
(60.1)
20.6
(69.1)
23.4
(74.1)
22.1
(71.8)
17.0
(62.6)
11.1
(52.0)
4.0
(39.2)
−1.2
(29.8)
10.2
(50.5)
Record low °C (°F) −16.4
(2.5)
−19.6
(−3.3)
−11.5
(11.3)
−2.9
(26.8)
3.2
(37.8)
11.6
(52.9)
16.4
(61.5)
11.7
(53.1)
6.3
(43.3)
−0.9
(30.4)
−13.1
(8.4)
−14.0
(6.8)
−19.6
(−3.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 12.4
(0.49)
14.4
(0.57)
27.3
(1.07)
40.9
(1.61)
65.0
(2.56)
86.5
(3.41)
167.4
(6.59)
123.6
(4.87)
80.9
(3.19)
44.0
(1.73)
32.6
(1.28)
11.5
(0.45)
706.5
(27.82)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.3 4.9 5.9 6.1 7.7 7.9 11.5 10.6 8.9 6.6 6.0 4.0 84.4
Average snowy days 4.0 3.0 1.3 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2.7 12.3
Average relative humidity (%) 65 65 65 68 67 65 79 83 78 70 70 65 70
Mean monthly sunshine hours 111.1 122.1 160.8 188.8 201.6 181.7 175.1 164.0 147.5 140.3 125.4 118.8 1,837.2
Percent possible sunshine 35 39 43 48 47 42 40 40 40 40 41 39 41
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration
Source 2: Weather China

Economy

Xuchang is an important center of the Chinese tobacco industry.

The manufacturing industry the city is best known for is wigs and hair extensions with exports worth about $1 billion in 2016. The industry started around 1900 when German merchants purchased hair from the local area. It was revived in the 1980s and in 1990 a local entrepreneur Zheng Youquan merged a number of smaller hair manufacturing workshops into Rebecca Hair Products, a larger entity that quickly expanded to international markets and became the largest wig maker in the world.

Education

Xuchang University is in the city.

Tourism

Famous tourist attractions include Baling Bridge and Chunqiu Tower.

Sister city

On 18 December 2006, the Oromia Region government in Ethiopia signed an agreement with Henan Province to establish a sister city program with Ambo. Bolingbrook, Illinois is also a sister city of Xuchang.

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