City Asia
Hechi
Hechi is a city in China. Tall buildings stand next to steep green hills!
Hechi is a city in Guangxi, in southern China. China's 2020 census counted 268,122 people living in the city itself, and 3,417,945 in the much larger area it leads, a prefecture-level city of 33,488 square kilometers.
Hechi, a prefecture-level city of the Guangxi Autonomous Region (Wikidata), had an urban population of 268,122 at China's census of 1 November 2020 (City Population, from the Guangxi Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics), against 88,419 in 1990; the whole prefecture-level city (33,488 km²) counted 3,417,945.
Photo: Alexceltare2, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Discover Hechi
Hechi is a city in China, in the south of the country.
Green hills rise right beside its buildings.
Hechi is a city in Guangxi, a region in the south of China. Hechi is a 'prefecture-level city', a large area led by a city. It covers 33,488 square kilometers, where the 2020 census counted 3,417,945 people.
The city itself is much smaller: City Population counts 268,122 people in Hechi's urban area at the census of 1 November 2020.
City Population ('Guangxi: Prefectural Division & Major Cities', from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Guangxi Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics): Hechi prefecture-level city (河池市), 33,488 km², 3,586,401 (1990), 3,523,693 (2000), 3,369,251 (2010), 3,417,945 (2020); Hechi, status City, urban population 88,419 (census 1 July 1990), 198,137 (1 November 2000), 197,858 (1 November 2010), 268,122 (1 November 2020). City Population counts urban population at district or county level, and the figure may refer to more than one settlement. Wikidata: Jinchengjiang District (Q1342717), a district of Hechi.
- Country
- China, in the Guangxi Autonomous Region (City Population)
- People in the city (urban population, census 1 November 2020)
- 268,122
- The whole prefecture-level city (census 2020)
- 3,417,945 people on 33,488 km²
- A district of Hechi
- Jinchengjiang District (Wikidata)
Rooftops below the hills
Look at all the colorful rooftops!
Tall pink towers stand next to a steep green hill, and pointy hills rise far away.
Alexceltare2 took this photo on 11 July 2023 and describes it as a view of Hechi from a hotel. It shows rows of buildings with blue, gray and orange roofs, two tall pink towers at the right, a steep hill covered in green trees with power-line towers on it, and pointed, hazy hills in the distance.
On Wikidata, Jinchengjiang Railway Station is about 2.1 kilometers west-northwest of the city's point.
Commons: a file of Hechi, own work by Alexceltare2 (CC BY-SA 4.0), taken 11 July 2023 at 16:33; his description: a cityscape of Hechi, Guangxi, as seen from a hotel. The category 'Jinchengjiang District' was added by another user in December 2023. The photo shows dense low and mid-rise buildings with blue, gray and orange roofs and rooftop water tanks, two tall pink towers at the right, a wooded hill with lattice power-line towers, and steep pointed hills on the horizon. A 2023 photo: it shows the city as it was then. Wikidata from the city point (Q572089): Jinchengjiang Railway Station (Q15924810) 2.08 km WNW; Dahuan River (Q15930277), 'river in Hechi', point 6.58 km ENE.
- In the photo
- Hechi from a hotel, 11 July 2023 (Alexceltare2)
- Jinchengjiang Railway Station
- a railway station about 2.1 km west-northwest of the city's point (Wikidata)
- Dahuan River
- a river in Hechi; its point is about 6.6 km east-northeast of the city's point (Wikidata)
A city that tripled
In 1990, far fewer people lived in Hechi.
By the 2020 count, about three times as many lived there!
China counted its people in 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. City Population gives Hechi's urban area 88,419 people in 1990, 198,137 in 2000, 197,858 in 2010 and 268,122 in 2020.
So the city grew fast in the 1990s, stayed almost the same in the 2000s, and grew again by 2020. The 2020 count was about three times the 1990 count.
City Population, 'Hechi' (City, urban population): 88,419 (1 July 1990), 198,137 (1 November 2000), 197,858 (1 November 2010), 268,122 (1 November 2020); 268,122 ÷ 88,419 ≈ 3.03. The whole prefecture-level city went from 3,586,401 (1990) to 3,417,945 (2020).
- 1990 census
- 88,419 people in the urban area (City Population)
- 2000 and 2010 censuses
- 198,137 and 197,858 people (City Population)
- 2020 census
- 268,122 people (City Population)
Railway and river
Trains stop at Hechi's railway station.
A river flows through the area too.
Wikidata lists Jinchengjiang Railway Station as a railway station in Hechi, about 2.1 kilometers west-northwest of the city's point. It names Jinchengjiang District as a district of Hechi, with its point about 4.8 kilometers west.
The Dahuan River, which Wikidata describes as a river in Hechi, has its point about 6.6 kilometers east-northeast of the city's point.
Wikidata from the city point (Q572089, 24.693° N, 108.085° E): Jinchengjiang Railway Station (Q15924810), located in Jinchengjiang Subdistrict, 2.08 km WNW; Jinchengjiang District (Q1342717), part of Hechi, 4.83 km W (Wikidata gives the district 372,521 people in 2020); Dahuan River (Q15930277) 6.58 km ENE.
- Railway station
- Jinchengjiang Railway Station, in Hechi (Wikidata)
- District
- Jinchengjiang District; its Wikidata point is about 4.8 km west of the city's point
- River
- the Dahuan River, a river in Hechi (Wikidata)
Mild winters, hot summers
Hechi is mild in winter and hot in summer.
July and August are the warmest months.
The Japan Meteorological Agency's averages for Hechi, for 1991 to 2020, show a January average temperature of 11.4 °C, rising to 28.7 °C in July and August, then falling back to 13.5 °C in December.
These are averages of day and night together. The table gives no rainfall figures for Hechi.
Japan Meteorological Agency, world climate normals (period 1991-2020, stated on the normals index page), station Hechi (ホーチー（河池）), 24.70° N 108.03° E, 5.6 km W of the city point: monthly mean temperature 11.4, 13.6, 16.8, 21.9, 25.5, 27.6, 28.7, 28.7, 26.8, 22.9, 18.4, 13.5 °C (Jan-Dec); mean of the twelve months 21.3 °C; no precipitation values in the table. The World Meteorological Organization's city list has no entry for Hechi.
- January, average temperature (JMA, Hechi, 1991–2020)
- 11.4 °C
- July and August, average temperature (same table)
- 28.7 °C
- Year, average of the twelve months
- about 21.3 °C
A small city in a big area
In 2020, most people in the Hechi area were counted outside the city itself.
Only about 8 in every 100 were counted in the city in 2020.
The area that Hechi leads is huge: 33,488 square kilometers. At the 2020 census, 3,417,945 people lived in it, but only 268,122 of them, about 8 in every 100, were counted in Hechi's urban area. The others were counted elsewhere in the prefecture.
In City Population's 2020 list of Guangxi's major cities, Nanning is first, with 4,582,703 people.
City Population, 2020 census: Hechi prefecture-level city 3,417,945 on 33,488 km² (about 102 people per km²); Hechi urban population 268,122 (7.8% of the prefecture). Major cities of Guangxi, 2020: Nanning 4,582,703; Liuzhou 2,204,841; Guilin 1,361,244. Hechi is not in that top-nine list.
- Area of the prefecture-level city
- 33,488 km² (City Population)
- Share living in the city itself (2020)
- 268,122 of 3,417,945 people, about 8 in 100
- Guangxi's biggest city (2020)
- Nanning, 4,582,703 people (City Population)
Hechi on the map
Find China on the globe, then look to the south. Hechi is in a region called Guangxi.
Hechi lies at about 24.69° north and 108.09° east, in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China. The Japan Meteorological Agency's weather station for Hechi is about 5.6 kilometers west of the city's point.
On Wikidata, Jinchengjiang Railway Station is about 2.1 kilometers west-northwest of the city's point, and the Dahuan River's point about 6.6 kilometers east-northeast.
Hechi lies at about 24.69° N, 108.09° E (Wikidata point of Hechi, Q572089; the sheet point is 0.35 km NW of it). Wikidata from the city point: Jinchengjiang Railway Station 2.08 km WNW; Jinchengjiang District 4.83 km W; Dahuan River 6.58 km ENE. The JMA station is 5.6 km W.
- Latitude
- about 24.69° north
- Longitude
- about 108.09° east
- Region
- Guangxi Autonomous Region (City Population)
Amazing facts
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In 2020, most people in the Hechi area were counted outside the city!
At the 2020 census, only about 8 in every 100 people in the Hechi prefecture-level city lived in its urban area: 268,122 out of 3,417,945.
City Population, 2020: 268,122 ÷ 3,417,945 ≈ 7.8%.
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In Hechi, July and August are equally warm!
In the Japan Meteorological Agency's averages for 1991 to 2020, July and August in Hechi both average 28.7 °C, the warmest months of the year.
JMA normals 1991-2020, Hechi: July 28.7 °C, August 28.7 °C (monthly mean temperature).
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Hechi's people tripled between 1990 and 2020!
China's 1990 census counted 88,419 people in Hechi's urban area; the 2020 census counted 268,122, about three times as many.
City Population: 88,419 (1990) and 268,122 (2020), a ratio of about 3.03.
Words to know
- census
- an official count of all the people living in a place
- prefecture-level city
- in China, a large area led by a city, much bigger than the city itself
- urban
- to do with a town or city
- district
- a part of a city or region with its own name
- average temperature
- the usual warmth of a place over day and night, worked out from many years
- autonomous region
- a large region of China with its own regional government
Discovery challenge
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Hechi is a city in which country?
In which country is the city of Hechi?
Hechi is a prefecture-level city in a region of which country?
- China
- Chile
- Canada
Show the answer
China
China!
China, in the Guangxi Autonomous Region.
China (Guangxi Autonomous Region).
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Which are Hechi's warmest months?
In the 1991–2020 averages, which months are warmest in Hechi?
Which months share the highest monthly mean temperature in JMA's 1991–2020 normals for Hechi?
- July and August
- January and February
- November and December
Show the answer
July and August
July and August!
July and August, both 28.7 °C.
July and August, 28.7 °C each.
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Do most people in the Hechi area live in the city or outside it?
At the 2020 census, did most people in the Hechi prefecture-level city live in its urban area or outside it?
In 2020, did Hechi's urban population make up most of the prefecture-level city's 3,417,945 people, or a small part of it?
- Outside the city
- In the city
- Exactly half in each
Show the answer
Outside the city
Outside the city!
Outside it: only about 8 in 100 lived in the urban area.
A small part: 268,122, about 7.8%.
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How many people did the 2020 count find in Hechi city?
How many people did China's 2020 census count in Hechi's urban area?
What urban population does City Population give for Hechi at the 2020 census?
- 268,122
- 26,812
- 2,681,220
Show the answer
268,122
268,122!
268,122 people.
268,122.
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For parents & teachers
What children will learn
- Locate Hechi in the Guangxi Autonomous Region of southern China.
- Tell the difference between a city's urban area and the large prefecture-level city around it.
- Read census numbers that rise, stay level, then rise again.
- Read a table of monthly average temperatures.
Recommended ages: 3 to 17 · About 15 minutes
Talk about it
- Why might a city's population stay almost the same for ten years, then grow again?
- What is different about living in a city's center and in the villages of the area around it?
- How would your year change if January averaged 11 °C and July 29 °C?
Try at home or in class
- Hundred squares: color 8 squares out of 100 to show the share of the Hechi area's people counted in the city in 2020.
- Temperature line: plot Hechi's twelve monthly averages and mark the warmest and coolest months.
- Square count: a square 183 kilometers on each side covers about 33,488 square kilometers, the size of the Hechi area. Find a place on a map about 183 kilometers from your home.
Key vocabulary: census, prefecture-level city, urban, district, average temperature, autonomous region
Where these facts come from
- Wikidata , Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)
- Natural Earth vector data , Natural Earth (NACIS) (Public domain)
- Guăngxī (China): Prefectural Division & Major Cities , City Population (Thomas Brinkhoff), from the National Bureau of Statistics of China and the Guangxi Autonomous Region Bureau of Statistics
- Climate normals: Hechi (station 59023) , Japan Meteorological Agency
- World normals by region and country (normals period 1991-2020) , Japan Meteorological Agency
- A cityscape of Hechi, Guangxi, China , Wikimedia Commons
- Wikimedia Commons , Wikimedia Foundation (Per file (public domain, CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA); see each media record)
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