Laoling
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Laoling
乐陵市 Loling | |
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 Laoling in Dezhou | |
  Laoling Location of the city center in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 37°43′48″N 117°13′55″E / 37.730°N 117.232°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,173 km2 (453 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 676,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 253600 |
Laoling (simplified Chinese: 乐陵; traditional Chinese: 樂陵; pinyin: Làolíng[3]), often mispronounced as Leling, is a county-level city in the northwest of Shandong province, China, bordering Hebei province to the north. Laoling has more than 640,000 inhabitants (1999) and is under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City.
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this City is divided to 4 subdistricts, 8 towns and 4 townships.[4]
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Climate
| Climate data for Laoling (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
19.0 (66.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
8.0 (46.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) |
8.2 (0.32) |
8.7 (0.34) |
25.8 (1.02) |
42.5 (1.67) |
82.1 (3.23) |
173.2 (6.82) |
142.5 (5.61) |
39.0 (1.54) |
28.0 (1.10) |
17.3 (0.68) |
3.8 (0.15) |
574.2 (22.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 63.5 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 77 | 83 | 76 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 161.3 | 166.9 | 217.7 | 237.8 | 268.1 | 242.4 | 203.9 | 207.6 | 207.7 | 199.7 | 165.5 | 155.3 | 2,433.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 52 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Transport
Laoling has no train station or airport. The nearest train station is about 80km away, and the nearest airport is about 110km away. However, there are many highways passing through Laoling, especially the famous G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, which runs through Laoling, making Laoling a city with well-developed road transportation.
Industry
The main industries in Laoling include agricultural and sideline processing and seasoning industry, auto parts industry and sports equipment industry mainly led by Taishan Sports Group. In addition to traditional industries,[7] there are also cultural industries such as film and television bases.
Food
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Chinese date from Laoling -
HuangMianJi
Laoling is famous for Chinese date. Also Boiled Fried Chicken(HuangMianJi, 黄面鸡) is the local cuisine that often offers during the Spring Festival.
Tourism and residence
Laoling City has a national 4A scenic area “Wanmu Zaolin Forest Tourist Area”,[8] and Laoling Chinese-date museum[9] which is a local museum of Jujube.
There are a number of hotels in Laoling City that offer residential services to tourists from home and abroad.
References
- ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本.
ㄌㄠˋ{...}山東省有樂陵。
- ^ 聊城市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Feature: China's sports equipment supplier rides Olympics wave to global prominence-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ "Leling Wanmu Zaolin Forest Tourist Area - Opening Hours, Reviews & Photos [2024]". TRIP.COM. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "中国金丝小枣文化博物馆-德州市乐陵市中国金丝小枣文化博物馆旅游指南". www.bytravel.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
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