Meihekou
梅河口市 | |
|---|---|
 Meihekou in Tonghua | |
  Meihekou Location in Jilin | |
| Coordinates (Meihekou government): 42°32′27″N 125°42′39″E / 42.5407°N 125.7107°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Tonghua |
| Seat | Xinhua Subdistrict (新华街道) |
| Area | |
| • County-level & Sub-prefectural city | 2,174.6 km2 (839.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 80.00 km2 (30.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population (2009)[2] | 617,262 |
| • Estimate (2017) | 709,000 |
| • Urban | 285,100 |
| • Hukou permits | 183,565 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 135000 |
Meihekou (Chinese: 梅河口; pinyin: Méihékǒu; lit. 'Plum River Mouth') is a city of 600,000 in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment point in the region as it is also the junction of two trunk roads, connected to Liaoyuan in the northwest. The city is administratively a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Tonghua, and is its northernmost county-level division.
Meihekou is located in southwestern Jilin province at latitudes 42° 08' to 43° 02' N and longitudes 125° 15' to 126° 03' E, stretching 97 kilometres (60 mi) north−south and 35 kilometres (22 mi) west−east. It is situated in the western foothills of the Changbai Mountains and on the upper reaches of the Huifa River (辉发河). Bordering county-level divisions are Huinan County to the east, Liuhe County to the south and southeast, Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County (Liaoning) to the southwest, Dongfeng County to the west and northwest.
| Climate data for Meihekou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.6 (5.7) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.7 (−35.9) |
−34.7 (−30.5) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−34.7 (−30.5) |
−37.7 (−35.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.8 (0.23) |
8.6 (0.34) |
18.0 (0.71) |
36.2 (1.43) |
64.4 (2.54) |
95.9 (3.78) |
163.2 (6.43) |
172.5 (6.79) |
63.2 (2.49) |
41.0 (1.61) |
23.1 (0.91) |
10.1 (0.40) |
702 (27.66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 111.5 |
| Average snowy days | 9.2 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 48.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 63 | 59 | 53 | 57 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 75 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 173.6 | 186.8 | 216.4 | 213.9 | 236.8 | 223.6 | 205.2 | 205.7 | 217.0 | 197.3 | 157.7 | 154.1 | 2,388.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 55 | 54 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[5] | |||||||||||||
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During the 2010s, the city experienced a population drop of over the 30%.[7] Nevertheless, by the 2020s, Meihekou experienced a 60% population growth rate,[7] with the inhabitants going from 300,000 by mid-2010s to 420,000 in 2023.[8]
Meihekou was known as a center of agriculture and heavy industry.[7] In recent years, the city has developed an alimentation industry, and also has promoted tourism.[8]
Meihekou is a regional transport hub, connecting the Shenji (Shenyang−Jilin City; 沈吉铁路), the Simei (Siping−Meihekou; 四梅铁路), and the Meiji (Meihekou−Ji'an 梅集铁路) Railways. The highways that pass through the area are the Heida (Heihe−Dalian) Highway and the Jixi (Ji'an−Xilinhot) Highway.