Suining
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| Suining 遂宁市 |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
 Location of Suining in Sichuan |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city established | February 1985 |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Yang Hongbo |
| • Mayor | Zhao Shiyong |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 5,326 km2 (2,056 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 3,252,551 |
| • Density | 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 680,000 |
| • Urban density | 1,064/km2 (2,760/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 629000 |
| Area code(s) | +86 (0)825 |
| GDP | CNY 49.523 Billion USD 7.716 Billion |
| GDP per capita | CNY 14,498 USD 2,142 |
| Licence Plate Prefixes | 川J |
Suining (simplified Chinese: 遂宁; traditional Chinese: 遂寧; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu4nin2; Sichuanese pronunciation: [ɕy˨˦nin˨˩]; pinyin: Sùiníng; Wade–Giles: Sui-ning) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798.[2]
Suining has at least one natural gas plant.[3]
Contents
Geography and climate
Suining is located in the center of the Sichuan Basin and on the central reaches of the Fu River, bordering Chongqing, Guang'an and Nanchong to the east, Neijiang and Ziyang to the south, the provincial capital of Chengdu to the west, and Deyang and Mianyang to the north. Its prefecture, or administrative, area ranges in latitude from 30° 10' 50" to 31° 10' 50" N, or 108.9 kilometres (67.7 mi) and in longitude from 105° 03' 26" to 106° 59' 49" E, or 90.3 kilometres (56.1 mi). While much of the prefecture is mountainous, the urban area itself, which occupies 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi), is located on flat land.
Suining has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) and is largely mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. Winter is short, mild, and foggy, though actual precipitation is low. January averages 6.5 °C (43.7 °F), and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot and humid, with the daily average in July and August around 27 °C (81 °F), with August being slightly warmer. Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and 75% of the annual total occurs from May to September.
| Climate data for Suining (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.3 (102.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.2 (90) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
21.4 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.8 (64) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.5 (0.571) |
14.8 (0.583) |
25.0 (0.984) |
63.6 (2.504) |
104.0 (4.094) |
131.5 (5.177) |
198.1 (7.799) |
143.3 (5.642) |
122.8 (4.835) |
65.5 (2.579) |
29.9 (1.177) |
14.6 (0.575) |
927.6 (36.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 135.2 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
Places of Interest
Suining is a booming city with a wide range of roles, not just limit to the Excellent Tourism City of China, but also include the Finance and Ecological City of China, the National Landscape City, the National Hygiene City,and the Global Green City.
According to the local legend, Suining is the Hometown of Guanyin, three sisters of Guanyin are all from Suining.[4]
There exists Lingquan Temple, Guangde Temple, and the Dead Sea, which are regarded as the 4A scenic zone. And there is also a Celadon Museum of Sichuan, which is referred to as a 3A scenic zone.
The percentage of land-covered forests of Suining is approximately 34%, it's the first Provincial Environmental Protection City in Sichuan.
Administrative divisions
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Chuanshan District | 船山区 | Chuánshān Qū | 670,000 | 618 | 1,084 |
| 2 | Anju District | 安居区 | Ānjū Qū | 750,000 | 1,258 | 596 |
| 3 | Pengxi County | 蓬溪县 | Péngxī Xiàn | 760,000 | 1,251 | 608 |
| 4 | Shehong County | 射洪县 | Shèhóng Xiàn | 1,040,000 | 1,496 | 695 |
| 5 | Daying County | 大英县 | Dàyīng Xiàn | 550,000 | 703 | 782 |
Transport
Highway
Rail
Suining is the junction for the Dazhou–Chengdu and Suining–Chongqing Railways, which collective form the western-most section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway.
Well-known inhabitants
- Chen Zi'ang, Tang dynasty poet (661-702), was a native of the Suining area.
- Chen Wei, a pro-democracy activist born in 1969 who has been arrested in February 2011 and sentenced for 9-years in prison on December 23, 2011 for "inciting subversion of state power" by the Suining intermediate people's court.
His lawyer was repeatedly prevented from meeting him in detention in stark violation of Chinese law.
- Liu Xianbin, a pro-democracy activist born in 1968 who has been arrested in June 2010 and sentenced for 10-years in prison for inciting subversion of state power.
- Li Bifeng, a pro-democracy activist and friend of Liao Yiwu who is facing 5-years prison for false "economic crimes".
