Chengdu

This article is about the Chinese city. For the asteroid, see (2743) Chengdu. For the former Chinese automobile manufacturer, see Chengdu Auto Works, and for the former Chinese automobile brand, see Dadi Chengdu.

Chengdu (Chinese 成都, pinyinAudio-Datei / Hörbeispiel Chéngdū? /i, W.-G. Ch'eng-tu, Jyutping Sing4dou1, obsolete after Lessing-Othmer Chengdu) is the capital of China's Sichuan province and one of the country's 15 sub-provincial cities. The Chinese short name is Róng (). The city has a population of about 14 million, including about 5 million in the nine urban districts and 9 million in the surrounding areas. Chengdu has become the economic center of western China, along with Chongqing. In 2006, the city was ranked the fourth most livable city in China, according to China Daily.

View of Chengdu, 2009Zoom
View of Chengdu, 2009

Geography

Chengdu is located in the east of Sichuan Province, in the Red Basin Plain, and is crossed by the Fǔ Hé (府河), a branch of the Mín Jiāng (岷江). The sub-provincial city of Chengdu reached its present size through the multiple merging of smaller administrative units. The east-west extent of the city region is 192 km, and the north-south extent is 166 km. The narrower city (urban districts without counties) has a population of 4.52 million.

Climate

The climate is subtropically mild, with an average annual temperature of 17.0 °C (15 °C in the west, up to 18 °C in the east). The average rainfall is 900-1300 mm/y. Winters are mild and summers long and hot. The normal case is overcast and humid weather.

Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Chengdu

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Max. Temperature (°C)

9,5

11,1

16,2

21,6

26,0

27,8

29,6

29,7

25,1

20,6

15,6

10,8

Ø

20,3

Min. temperature (°C)

2,4

4,2

8,1

12,7

17,2

20,2

22,0

21,6

18,4

14,5

9,2

4,2

Ø

12,9

Precipitation (mm)

7

10

21

47

87

103

231

223

132

39

17

5

922

Sunshine hours (h/d)

2,2

2,1

3,1

3,8

4,2

4,3

4,8

5,3

2,7

2,1

2,0

1,9

Ø

3,2

Rainy days (d)

3

4

6

8

10

10

13

12

12

8

4

1

91

Humidity (%)

80

80

78

78

77

81

85

85

85

86

84

83

Ø

81,8


Temperature

9,5

2,4

11,1

4,2

16,2

8,1

21,6

12,7

26,0

17,2

27,8

20,2

29,6

22,0

29,7

21,6

25,1

18,4

20,6

14,5

15,6

9,2

10,8

4,2

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

 


Precipitation

7

10

21

47

87

103

231

223

132

39

17

5

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Source: wetterkontor.de



Population

The population is predominantly Han. Uyghurs, Tibetans, and members of southwestern minorities such as the Yi (彝族) are found in relatively small decreasing numbers. The Sichuanese dialect (四川话; pinyin: sìchuānhuà) of Chinese is spoken.

In 2017, just under 8.7 million inhabitants lived in the actual urban agglomeration of the city. The remaining population lives in the rural hinterland. Due to advancing urbanisation, 11.2 million inhabitants are expected to live in the agglomeration by 2035.

Population development of the agglomeration according to UN

Year

Population

1950

646.000

1960

1.580.000

1970

1.750.000

1980

2.150.000

1990

2.955.000

2000

4.607.000

2010

7.573.000

2017

8.660.000




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