Postal code 132500 Elevation 345 m | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Area 6,235 km² Local time Saturday 10:23 PM | |
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Country People's Republic of China Seat Henan Subdistrict (河南街道) Weather 1°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 76% Humidity Points of interest Jiaohe Lafashan National Forest Park | ||
Jiaohe (Chinese: 蛟河; pinyin: Jiāohé) is a middle-sized city in east-central Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Jilin City, 65 kilometres (40 mi) to the west, and it is well known for its production of tobacco. The mayor of the city is Wang Gang (王钢).
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Map of Jiaohe, Jilin, China
The sister city (or twin town) of Jiaohe is Folsom, California, United States.
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Climate
Jiaohe has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa/Dwb). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, due to the influence of the Siberian anticyclone, with a January mean temperature of −18.1 °C (−0.6 °F). Spring and autumn are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are very warm and humid, with a prevailing southeasterly wind due to the East Asian monsoon; July averages 21.8 °C (71.2 °F). Snow is usually light during the winter, and annual rainfall is heavily concentrated from June to August.