Zouping

Zouping (simplified Chinese: 邹平市; traditional Chinese: 鄒平市; pinyin: Zōupíng Shì) is a county-level city of Shandong province. The population in 2020 was 774,517.^[3]

Zouping 邹平市
County-level city
Zouping Location in Shandong
Coordinates: 36°51′47″N 117°44′35″E
County-level city	People's Republic of China
Province	Shandong
Prefecture-level city	Binzhou
Area [1]
• Total	1,250 km2 (480 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (132 ft)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	774,517
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	256200
Website	www.zouping.gov.cn

Geography

The city is located on the northern edge of the mountainous central portion of the province. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Binzhou, but is only 28 kilometres (17 mi) west of downtown Zibo.

Administrative divisions

As of 2012^[update], this City is divided to 3 subdistricts and 13 towns. ^[4]

Subdistricts

• Daixi Subdistrict (黛溪街道)
• Huangshan Subdistrict (黄山街道)
• Gaoxin Subdistrict (高新街道)

Towns

Changshan (长山镇) Weiqiao (魏桥镇) Xidong (西董镇) Haosheng (好生镇) Linchi (临池镇) Jiaoqiao (焦桥镇) Handian (韩店镇)

Sunzhen (孙镇镇) Jiuhu (九户镇) Qingyang (青阳镇) Mingji (明集镇) Taizi (台子镇) Matou (码头镇)

Climate

Climate data for Zouping, elevation 47 m (154 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.0 (69.8)	24.9 (76.8)	32.6 (90.7)	35.2 (95.4)	38.1 (100.6)	43.0 (109.4)	40.6 (105.1)	37.9 (100.2)	37.7 (99.9)	33.8 (92.8)	27.5 (81.5)	23.0 (73.4)	43.0 (109.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.2 (39.6)	8.3 (46.9)	14.9 (58.8)	22.0 (71.6)	27.6 (81.7)	32.0 (89.6)	32.4 (90.3)	30.8 (87.4)	27.6 (81.7)	21.6 (70.9)	13.2 (55.8)	6.0 (42.8)	20.1 (68.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.3 (29.7)	2.2 (36.0)	8.7 (47.7)	15.9 (60.6)	21.8 (71.2)	26.3 (79.3)	27.7 (81.9)	26.1 (79.0)	21.8 (71.2)	15.3 (59.5)	7.5 (45.5)	0.7 (33.3)	14.4 (57.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−5.6 (21.9)	−2.7 (27.1)	3.0 (37.4)	9.7 (49.5)	15.5 (59.9)	20.4 (68.7)	23.2 (73.8)	22.1 (71.8)	16.7 (62.1)	9.9 (49.8)	2.7 (36.9)	−3.4 (25.9)	9.3 (48.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−19.5 (−3.1)	−17.2 (1.0)	−10.2 (13.6)	−3.3 (26.1)	2.3 (36.1)	9.2 (48.6)	14.6 (58.3)	13.0 (55.4)	3.7 (38.7)	−4.9 (23.2)	−15.7 (3.7)	−21.1 (−6.0)	−21.1 (−6.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6.6 (0.26)	11.5 (0.45)	12.0 (0.47)	29.2 (1.15)	64.4 (2.54)	81.3 (3.20)	166.2 (6.54)	164.9 (6.49)	58.7 (2.31)	30.4 (1.20)	27.0 (1.06)	8.1 (0.32)	660.3 (25.99)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	2.7	3.3	3.6	5.4	6.7	7.8	12.3	11.3	6.9	5.5	4.7	3.5	73.7
Average snowy days	3.4	3.0	1.1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	2.1	10.7
Average relative humidity (%)	57	53	48	50	55	58	73	78	70	64	63	60	61
Mean monthly sunshine hours	167.5	172.0	222.7	246.6	274.5	246.8	206.9	205.1	203.3	204.4	168.3	166.2	2,484.3
Percentage possible sunshine	54	56	60	62	63	56	47	49	55	59	55	56	56
Source: China Meteorological Administration)[5][6]

Economy

Zouping is one of the richest counties in the country.^[7] Its economic prosperity has depended on the development of the aluminum industry.^[7]

The Qixing Group and Hongqiao Group, two large players in the aluminum production industry and pillars of local industry are based in the county.^[7]