How to read Zhaotong

Zhaotong pronunciation: zhā o t not ng.

Zhaotong, also known as Qiu Cheng and he cheng, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province. Located in the northeast of Yunnan Province, the hinterland of Wumeng Mountain at the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, along the lower reaches of Jinsha River, the transition zone from Sichuan Basin to Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, bordering Bijie City of Guizhou Province in the east, Qujing City and Kunming City of Yunnan Province in the south, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province in the west and Jinsha River of Luzhou City in the north.

Covering an area of 23,000 square kilometers, the built-up area of Zhaoyang Central City is 62 square kilometers. By 2022, Zhaotong City will administer 9 counties in 1 district, and trust 1 county-level city, and the municipal government will be located in Zhaoyang District. By the end of 2022, Zhaotong had a permanent population of 4.949 million.

geographical environment

Zhaotong City has a high terrain in the southwest and a low terrain in the northeast, which is a typical mountainous tectonic terrain with high mountains and deep valleys. The average elevation of the whole city is1685m, of which the municipal government residence is1920m, with the highest elevation of 4040m (Yaoshan, Qiaojia County) and the lowest elevation of 267m (Gunkanba, Shuifu County).

Zhaotong City has many mountains and great differences in altitude, which has the characteristics of plateau monsoon three-dimensional climate. There is little difference between the four seasons in Zhaotong, but the climate at different altitudes is very different. From high altitude to low altitude, there are plateau climate, temperate climate and subtropical climate. At the same altitude, the temperature in the south of Zhaotong is higher than that in the north, and the humidity is lower than that in the north. The annual average temperature in Zhaotong is between 1 1℃ and 2 1℃, with the coldest temperature at 1 month and the monthly average temperature at 1℃ and 12℃.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhaotong City.