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
梅河口市 | |
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County-level & Sub-prefectural city | |
Meihekou in Tonghua | |
Meihekou Location in Jilin | |
| Coordinates (Meihekou government): 42°32′27″N 125°42′39″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) |
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 (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
11.6 (52.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21.3 (−6.3) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.8 (0.23) |
6.6 (0.26) |
14.7 (0.58) |
37.7 (1.48) |
59.5 (2.34) |
103.1 (4.06) |
181.4 (7.14) |
141.9 (5.59) |
64.2 (2.53) |
40.5 (1.59) |
19.1 (0.75) |
7.9 (0.31) |
682.4 (26.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 116.7 |
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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.
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