Yaoguan (Chinese: 遥观镇) is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.[2] It is located in the province of Jiangsu, in the eastern part of the country, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the provincial capital, Nanjing. As of 2010, it had a recorded population of 100,065.[1] This population consists of 45,763 women and 54,302 men. Children under 15 made up 12.0%, adults 15-64 made up 81%, and seniors over 65 made up 6.0%.[1]
Yaoguan Town | |
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| 遥观镇 | |
 View of Yaoguan Town | |
  Yaoguan Town  Yaoguan Town | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′07″N 120°01′47″E / 31.70194°N 120.02972°E | |
| Country |  China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| City | Changzhou |
| District | Wujin |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 100,065[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+8 |
| Geocode | 1786977 |
Geography and climate
editYaoguan is densely populated, with 913 inhabitants per square kilometer recorded in 2016.[3] The nearest larger community is Changzhou, 11.1 kilometres (6.9 mi) northwest of Yaoguan. The geography around Yaoguan consists mostly of agricultural land.[4]
Yaoguan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot and wet summers and cold and humid winters. Average annual rainfall is 1,390 millimetres (55 in). The rainiest month is July, with an average of 250 millimetres (9.8 in) of precipitation , and the driest is January, with 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of precipitation.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "《中国2010年人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料》xls". baidu.com. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2016-04-23.
- ^ Yaoguan Town in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19.
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