Pengzhou

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Field	Value
name	Pengzhou
native_name	彭州市
nickname	The Peony City (丹城)
pushpin_map	Sichuan
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Sichuan
pushpin_mapsize	250
settlement_type	County-level city
image_skyline	镇国寺白塔.JPG
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	China
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Sichuan
subdivision_type2	Sub-provincial city
subdivision_name2	Chengdu
seat_type	Municipal seat
seat	No. 81, Jinpeng East Road, Tianpeng (天彭街道金彭东路81号)
leader_title	CPC Party Secretary
leader_name	Wang Fengjun (王锋君)
leader_title1	Mayor
leader_name1	Jiang Ming (蒋明)
area_total_km2	1420
population_total	795900
population_as_of	2021
population_density_km2	537
coordinates_footnotes
coordinates
elevation_max_m	4812
timezone	China Standard
utc_offset	+8
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	611930
area_code	028
website
blank_name_sec2	GDP (nominal) Total (2009)
blank_info_sec2	¥ 12.54 billion (US$1.838 billion)
blank1_name_sec2	GDP (nominal) Per Capita (2009)
blank1_info_sec2	¥ 16,087 (US$2,357)
image_map	Location of Pengzhou within Sichuan (China).png
map_caption	Location of Pengzhou in Sichuan
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Pengzhou (), formerly Peng County or Pengxian, is a county-level city of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chengdu. There is an expressway that connects Pengzhou to Chengdu. It is bordered by the prefecture-level divisions of Deyang to the northeast and the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the north.

It has an area of 1,420 km2 (550 sq mi) and At the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, the resident population will be 780,100, the urbanization rate will be 56.77%, the total number of registered households will be 595,400, the registered population will be 787,900, the urban population will be 279,000, and the rural population will be 508,900. Pengzhou is one of the three national bases of peony plantation and one of the five national bases of vegetable plantation and merchandise. Pengzhou's industry varies from pharmaceutical to petrochemical. The oil refinery attracts a total investment of 38 billion yuan, considered to be the biggest single investment of Sichuan Province since 1949. Like other regions around the area, Pengzhou was affected by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

History

The Pengzhou area is believed to have been inhabited since the Western Zhou period. Empress dowager Wu Zetian first set up Pengzhou in 686 AD (Tang dynasty). In 1337 AD, Hongwu Emperor (Ming dynasty) reduced Pengzhou to Pengxian, or Peng County (). Peng County later became Pengzhou City in 1993.

As of late, Pengzhou is still occasionally referred to as Pengxian, or Peng County, even in official publications.

Administrative divisions

Pengzhou has 14 subdistricts and 9 towns:

;subdistricts:

Tianpeng (天彭街道)
Longfeng (隆丰街道)
Mengyang (濛阳街道)
Zhihe (致和街道) ;towns:
Longmenshan (龙门山镇)
Lichun (丽春镇)
Jiuchi (九尺镇)
Tongji (通济镇)
Danjingshan (丹景山镇)
Aoping (敖平镇)
Guihua (桂花镇)
Bailu (白鹿镇)
Gexianshan (葛仙山镇)

Education

Xihua University Pengzhou Campus is located at the south part of the city.
Yanxiu Primary School
Tongji Middle School（四川省彭州市通济中学）

Sister cities

Japan Ishikari, Hokkaidō, Japan (Since 2000)
Japan Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan (Since 2002)
Lithuania Anykščiai, Lithuania
IDN Mataram, Indonesia, (Since 2019)

Climate

The city has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate, with most of the rainfall occurring in the warm, humid summer. Overall, the climate is mild, but shows traits of all four seasons.

| width = auto | metric first = y | single line = y | collapsed = Y | location = Pengzhou, elevation 582 m, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | Jan high C = 9.1 | Feb high C = 11.9 | Mar high C = 16.6 | Apr high C = 22.3 | May high C = 26.2 | Jun high C = 28.1 | Jul high C = 30.0 | Aug high C = 29.8 | Sep high C = 25.6 | Oct high C = 20.5 | Nov high C = 15.8 | Dec high C = 10.4 | Jan mean C = 5.5 | Feb mean C = 8.1 | Mar mean C = 12.1 | Apr mean C = 17.3 | May mean C = 21.2 | Jun mean C = 23.7 | Jul mean C = 25.6 | Aug mean C = 25.1 | Sep mean C = 21.6 | Oct mean C = 17.0 | Nov mean C = 12.2 | Dec mean C = 6.9 | Jan low C = 2.8 | Feb low C = 5.1 | Mar low C = 8.7 | Apr low C = 13.3 | May low C = 17.2 | Jun low C = 20.3 | Jul low C = 22.1 | Aug low C = 21.7 | Sep low C = 18.9 | Oct low C = 14.6 | Nov low C = 9.6 | Dec low C = 4.2 | Jan record high C = 19.4 | Jan record low C = -4.5 | Feb record high C = 22.9 | Feb record low C = -3.5 | Mar record high C = 30.7 | Mar record low C = -2.3 | Apr record high C = 31.5 | Apr record low C = 3.2 | May record high C = 34.3 | May record low C = 6.3 | Jun record high C = 35.5 | Jun record low C = 13.9 | Jul record high C = 36.2 | Jul record low C = 15.7 | Aug record high C = 38.6 | Aug record low C = 15.9 | Sep record high C = 35.2 | Sep record low C = 12.4 | Oct record high C = 29.5 | Oct record low C = 2.8 | Nov record high C = 25.4 | Nov record low C = 0.0 | Dec record high C = 17.6 | Dec record low C = -4.6 | year high C = | year low C = | year high F = | year low F = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 7.0 | Feb precipitation mm = 9.6 | Mar precipitation mm = 23.4 | Apr precipitation mm = 47.6 | May precipitation mm = 69.3 | Jun precipitation mm = 106.5 | Jul precipitation mm = 212.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 226.8 | Sep precipitation mm = 118.0 | Oct precipitation mm = 44.0 | Nov precipitation mm = 15.5 | Dec precipitation mm = 5.5 | Jan humidity = 78 | Feb humidity = 75 | Mar humidity = 74 | Apr humidity = 73 | May humidity = 71 | Jun humidity = 77 | Jul humidity = 81 | Aug humidity = 80 | Sep humidity = 81 | Oct humidity = 82 | Nov humidity = 79 | Dec humidity = 79 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6.9 | Feb precipitation days = 7.7 | Mar precipitation days = 11.8 | Apr precipitation days = 13.1 | May precipitation days = 14.4 | Jun precipitation days = 15.4 | Jul precipitation days = 15.6 | Aug precipitation days = 15.4 | Sep precipitation days = 16.5 | Oct precipitation days = 15.4 | Nov precipitation days = 7.9 | Dec precipitation days = 5.5 | year precipitation days = | Jan sun = 59.2 | Feb sun = 58.7 | Mar sun = 86.3 | Apr sun = 116.5 | May sun = 122.6 | Jun sun = 112.3 | Jul sun = 131.4 | Aug sun = 140.6 | Sep sun = 70.3 | Oct sun = 55.3 | Nov sun = 63.1 | Dec sun = 59.8 | year sun = | Jan percentsun = 18 | Feb percentsun = 19 | Mar percentsun = 23 | Apr percentsun = 30 | May percentsun = 29 | Jun percentsun = 26 | Jul percentsun = 31 | Aug percentsun = 35 | Sep percentsun = 19 | Oct percentsun = 16 | Nov percentsun = 20 | Dec percentsun = 19 | year percentsun = | Jan snow days = 1.5 | Feb snow days = 0.6 | Mar snow days = 0 | Apr snow days = 0 | May snow days = 0 | Jun snow days = 0 | Jul snow days = 0 | Aug snow days = 0 | Sep snow days = 0 | Oct snow days = 0 | Nov snow days = 0 | Dec snow days = 0.3 | year snow days = | source 1 = China Meteorological Administration all-time extreme temperature{{cite web |url= http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm |title= Extreme Temperatures Around the World |access-date= 14 January 2026 | source =

References

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(2008-06-21). 中国地震信息网. link
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Negeri, Satukan. "Pemkot Mataram Siap Lanjutkan Kerja Sama 'Sister City' dengan Pengzhou".
link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
"Sina Visitor System". weatherman_信欣 on [[Weibo]].

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