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Jiaozuo City Guild


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1 Administration.......                                 2 History..............

3 Economy..............                                    4 Transport............

5 Colleges and universities                        6 Natural Scenery.....

7 Other landmarks .....                  


Administration

Jiaozuo (Chinese: 焦作; pinyin: Jiāozuò; postal: Tsiaotso) is a prefecture-level 

city in northern Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow 

River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to 

the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi 

to the north.

Its population was 3,540,101 at the 2010 census whom 1,301,732 live in the 

built-up area made of 4 urban districts (Jiefang, Shanyang, Zhongzhanand Macun) 

and Bo'ai County being urbanized. Jiaozuo enjoys a humid subtropical climate with 

continental climate influences. Winters are cool and relatively dry while summers 

are hot and often rainy. Average temperature ranges from 0.3 °C in January to

 27.5 °C in July. Extremes exist from -22.4 °C to 43.6 °C. Precipitation 

averages 659 mm.

The prefecture-level city of Jiaozuo administers 4 districts, 2 county-level 

cities and 4 counties.

Jiefang District (解放区) Shanyang District (山阳区)  Zhongzhan District (中站区)

Macun District (马村区)   Qinyang City (沁阳市)       Mengzhou City (孟州市)

Xiuwu County (修武县)     Wuzhi County (武陟县)

Wen County (温县)         Bo'ai County (博爱县)


History

The city was founded on an industrial site left by the British after the First 

and Second Opium Wars (1839–1860). Jiaozuo was established as a city in 1953. 

Mao Zedong has written praise about the hard work of people from Jiaozuo in the 

coal industry.

Economy

Jiaozuo is noted for its blast furnaces and machine construction industries.

Transport

Jiaozuo is the northern terminus of the Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway and the southern 

terminus of the Taiyuan-Jiaozuo Railway. The city is linked via rail to nearby 

cities Luoyang, Xinxiang and Nanyang in Henan and Jincheng in Shanxi.

Colleges and universities

Henan Polytechnic University (HPU), with a history of nearly 100 years, is the 

first mining university in Chinese history. Its former is Jiaozuo Coal Mining 

School which was established by the British Syndicate Co. Ltd., in 1909. It has 

changed its names several times in the course of development, namely, FuZhong Coal 

Mining University, Jiaozuo Private Institute of Technology, North-west Institute 

of Technology, Jiaozuo National Institute of Technology, Jiaozuo Mining Institute 

and Jiaozuo Institute of Technology. The University resumed its name of Henan 

Polytechnic University in 2004.

Natural Scenery

Jiaozuo is located adjacent to the Yellow River and is just south of the Taihang 

Mountain.

Yuntai Mountain, Qing Tian River, Qing Long Cape, Shen Nong Mountain.

Yuntai Mountain is said to have the waterfall with main cascade of 314 meters in 

height, together with numerous smaller cascades.

On February 13, 2004, Yuntai Mountain as the fifth in the world, the third in 

the country China, was named the world's first World Geopark by UNESCO and 

caused attention at home and abroad. Meanwhile, Yuntaishan is also a national 

scenic spot, National Civilized Scenic Area, the first national AAAAA-level 

scenic spot, national natural heritage, national forest parks, national macaque 

nature reserve. Yuntain Mountain also has Asia's highest head drop waterfall.

Other landmarks

Amongst Jiaozuo's best seights are:

Taiping hanging temple     Jiaozuo Sport centre          Renmin bridge

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