# Pengzhou

Pengzhou (Chinese: 彭州; pinyin: Péngzhōu), 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 a population of 795,900 in 2021. 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 (彭县; Péngxiàn). 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

## Sister cities

* Ishikari, Hokkaidō, Japan (Since 2000)
* Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan (Since 2002)
* Anykščiai, Lithuania
* 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.
Climate data for Pengzhou, elevation 582 m (1,909 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.5 (88.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.2 (97.2) | 35.2 (95.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 36.2 (97.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | 16.4 (61.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.1 (41.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 13.2 (55.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −3.5 (25.7) | −2.3 (27.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 12.4 (54.3) | 2.8 (37.0) | 0.0 (32.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | −4.6 (23.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.28) | 9.6 (0.38) | 23.4 (0.92) | 47.6 (1.87) | 69.3 (2.73) | 106.5 (4.19) | 212.2 (8.35) | 226.8 (8.93) | 118.0 (4.65) | 44.0 (1.73) | 15.5 (0.61) | 5.5 (0.22) | 885.4 (34.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.9 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 145.6 |
| Average snowy days | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.2 | 58.7 | 86.3 | 116.5 | 122.6 | 112.3 | 131.4 | 140.6 | 70.3 | 55.3 | 63.1 | 59.8 | 1,076.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 18 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 24 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||