Rugao

County-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China

Rugao

如皋市

County-level city

Rugao

Location in Jiangsu

Coordinates: 32°14′46″N 120°35′28″E﻿ / ﻿32.246°N 120.591°E﻿ / 32.246; 120.591[1]
Country| People's Republic of China
Province| Jiangsu
Prefecture-level city| Nantong
Area

• Total| 1,576.47 km2 (608.68 sq mi)
Population

(2018)

• Total| 1,241,700
• Density| 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code|

226500

Rugao

Chinese| 如皋
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Rúgāo
Wade–Giles| Ju2-kao1

Rugao (Chinese: 如皋; pinyin: Rúgāo) is a county-level city under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, China, located in the Yangtze River Delta on the northern (left) bank of the river.

## History[edit]

Map including Rugao (labeled as JU-KAO 如皋) (AMS, 1952)

In 411, the western part of then Hailing (Taizhou) was separated from the county to create Rugao county, which named after a coastal village. During the Sui dynasty, the county was merged into Ninghai county. Restored in 952, the county was transferred to then Tongzhou in 1724.[2] Around the 1930s, Rugao was the most populous county in then Jiangsu province.[3] Two county governments of the New Fourth Army were established in the then county: Ruxi (literally Western Rugao) and Rugao (1940–5, was renamed as Rudong by the CPC in November 1945), while the Tongzhou-Yangzhou Canal marked the boundary between the two regions, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Ruxi succeed to the designation Rugao in 1945, the reshuffling of territory came true only in January 1949, when the CPC totally controlled the area. On 1 June 1990, with approval of the State Council, Rugao was turned into a county-level city, which went into effect in 1991.[2]

## Administrative divisions[edit]

At present, Rugao City has one subdistrict and 19 towns.[4]

1 subdistrict

* Rucheng (如城镇)

19 towns

* Chaiwan (柴湾镇)
* Xue'an (雪岸镇)
* Dongchen (东陈镇)
* Dingyan (丁堰镇)
* Baipu (白蒲镇)
* Linzi (林梓镇)
* Xiayuan (下原镇)
* Jiuhua (九华镇)
* Guoyuan (郭园镇)
* Shizhuang (石庄镇)

* Changjiang (长江镇)
* Wuyao (吴窑镇)
* Jiang'an (江安镇)
* Gaoming (高明镇)
* Changqing (常青镇)
* Banjing (搬经镇)
* Motou (磨头镇)
* Taoyuan (桃园镇)
* Yuanqiao (袁桥镇)

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## Climate[edit]

Climate data for Rugao (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 25.6
(78.1)  | 27.7
(81.9)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 34.7
(94.5)  | 37.0
(98.6)  | 37.4
(99.3)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 36.8
(98.2)  | 32.0
(89.6)  | 27.9
(82.2)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 38.0
(100.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 7.1
(44.8)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 14.0
(57.2)  | 20.1
(68.2)  | 25.4
(77.7)  | 28.4
(83.1)  | 31.6
(88.9)  | 31.1
(88.0)  | 27.3
(81.1)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 16.5
(61.7)  | 9.8
(49.6)  | 20.3
(68.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 2.7
(36.9)  | 4.6
(40.3)  | 8.7
(47.7)  | 14.4
(57.9)  | 19.8
(67.6)  | 23.7
(74.7)  | 27.5
(81.5)  | 27.0
(80.6)  | 23.0
(73.4)  | 17.4
(63.3)  | 11.3
(52.3)  | 5.0
(41.0)  | 15.4
(59.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | −0.6
(30.9)  | 0.9
(33.6)  | 4.5
(40.1)  | 9.4
(48.9)  | 14.9
(58.8)  | 20.0
(68.0)  | 24.2
(75.6)  | 24.0
(75.2)  | 19.5
(67.1)  | 13.2
(55.8)  | 7.1
(44.8)  | 1.3
(34.3)  | 11.5
(52.8)
Record low °C (°F)  | −10.4
(13.3)  | −8.4
(16.9)  | −5.0
(23.0)  | −2.2
(28.0)  | 4.8
(40.6)  | 10.0
(50.0)  | 16.5
(61.7)  | 16.1
(61.0)  | 9.3
(48.7)  | −0.3
(31.5)  | −3.8
(25.2)  | −13.4
(7.9)  | −13.4
(7.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 50.9
(2.00)  | 49.0
(1.93)  | 74.5
(2.93)  | 64.6
(2.54)  | 92.1
(3.63)  | 156.0
(6.14)  | 206.4
(8.13)  | 177.0
(6.97)  | 91.7
(3.61)  | 54.5
(2.15)  | 56.9
(2.24)  | 36.7
(1.44)  | 1,110.3
(43.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.2  | 9.0  | 10.2  | 9.2  | 10.4  | 11.6  | 13.1  | 13.2  | 8.9  | 7.2  | 8.1  | 7.1  | 117.2
Average snowy days  | 2.9  | 2.6  | 0.7  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.2  | 0.7  | 7.1
Average relative humidity (%)  | 76  | 76  | 75  | 75  | 76  | 80  | 83  | 84  | 81  | 78  | 77  | 74  | 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 125.3  | 127.4  | 155.3  | 178.3  | 182.2  | 135.5  | 170.1  | 186.6  | 167.3  | 169.3  | 140.3  | 142.2  | 1,879.8
Percent possible sunshine | 39  | 41  | 42  | 46  | 43  | 32  | 39  | 46  | 46  | 49  | 45  | 46  | 43
Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6]

## Education[edit]

* Baipu Middle school (1950)

## Tourism[edit]

* Shuihui Garden
* Lingwei Taoist Temple
* Red Army Memorial Museum

## Notable people[edit]

* Henry Lee, criminologist
* Zhu Qianhua, writer
* Huang Beijia, writer
* Xiaowei Zhuang, biophysicist
* Zhu Meifang, materials scientist

## References[edit]

1. ^ Google (2014-07-02). "Rugao" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
2. ^ a b 中国历史地名大辞典 [The Great Encyclopaedia of Chinese Historical Toponyms]. p. 1154\. ISBN 978-7-500-44929-4.
3. ^ 江苏省志・人口志 [Jiangsu Provical Gazetteer, Volume on Demography]. Fangzhi Publishing House. pp. 90–8. ISBN 978-7-801-22526-9.
4. ^ "南通市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
5. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

## External links[edit]

* (in Chinese) Rugao government
* (in Chinese) Rugao City English guide (Jiangsu.net)
* (in English and Chinese) "Illustrated Album of Yangzhou Prefecture", from 1573 to 1620, has illustrations of Rugao

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