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Jiaozuo .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} 焦作市
Prefecture-level city
Top:View of Red Stone Gorge and waterfall in Yuntai Mountain Geological Park, Bottom left:View of Qingling Valley, Bottom upper right:Jiaozuo Sports Stadium, Bottom lower right:Jiaozuo Television Tower and Longyuan Lake
Jiaozuo in Henan
Jiaozuo Location in China
Coordinates: 35°14′35″N 113°13′23″E / 35.24306°N 113.22306°E / 35.24306; 113.22306Coordinates: 35°14′35″N 113°13′23″E / 35.24306°N 113.22306°E / 35.24306; 113.22306
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Henan
Area
• Prefecture-level city	4,071 km2 (1,572 sq mi)
• Urban	413.8 km2 (159.8 sq mi)
• Metro	896.3 km2 (346.1 sq mi)
Elevation	139 m (456 ft)
Population (2017 census)
• Prefecture-level city	3,755,100 link
• Urban	2,064,500link
• Metro	1,301,732
• Metro density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	454000
Area code(s)	0391
ISO 3166 code	CN-HA-08
GDP	¥2,342.80(2017) link
Major Nationalities	Han, Hui
County-level divisions	10
Township-level divisions	116
License plate prefixes	豫H
Website	link

Jiaozuo (Chinese: 焦作; pinyin: Jiāozuò [tɕjáu.tswô]; 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.Jiaozuo is one of the core cities of the Central Plains urban agglomeration and a regional central city in the Jin-Yu border area.link

Its population was 3,700,000 at the 2016 census whom 1,301,732 live in the built-up area made of 4 urban districts (Jiefang, Shanyang, Zhongzhan and 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.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Jiaozuo administers 4 districts, 2 county-level cities and 4 counties.

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  Jiefang District (解放区)


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  Shanyang District (山阳区)


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  Zhongzhan District (中站区)


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  Macun District (马村区)


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  Qinyang City (沁阳市)


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  Mengzhou City (孟州市)


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  Xiuwu County (修武县)


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  Wuzhi County (武陟县)


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  Wen County (温县)


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  Bo'ai County (博爱县)

Map
Jiefang Zhongzhan Macun Shanyang Xiuwu County Bo'ai County Wuzhi County Wen County Qinyang (city) Mengzhou (city)

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.
The total GDP of the city in 2017 was 234.28 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 13.733 billion yuan, up 4.6%; the added value of the secondary industry was 13.841 billion yuan, up 6.7%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 81.143 billion yuan, up 9.1%. The per capita GDP reached 65,936 yuan. The three industrial structures changed from 6.4:59.3:34.3 of 2016 to 5.9:59.5:34.6.link

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)[1], 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 sights are:

• Old city with tombs


• Old rocks-hanging Taiping temple with cave grottoes


• Giant red new Jiaozuo temple


• TV tower


• Large futuristic Jiaozuo Sport centre


• Renmin bridge


• Building of People's government


• City's tallest building

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jiaozuo city.

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  Government website of Jiaozuo (in Simplified Chinese)


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  Jiaozuo Travel Bureau (in English)