Maiji, Tianshui

{{Infobox settlement | name = Maiji | native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|麦积区}} | postal_code = 741020 | postal_code_type = Postal code | settlement_type = County | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 290 | image_style = border:1; | perrow = 1/2/2 | image1 = 2016-12-15 Maijishan Grotten 麥積山石窟 anagoria 03.jpg | image2 = 宝鸡天水高速路边的景色 - panoramio.jpg | image3 = 步行街 - panoramio (4).jpg | image4 = CR HXD1 Yuanlong.jpg | image5 = 净土寺山门 - panoramio.jpg }} | image_size = | image_caption = '''Clockwise from top:''' Maijishan Grottoes, pedestrian street in Tongshui City, the gate to Jingtu Temple, the Longhai Railway in Yuanlong, and scenery off the Baoji-Tianshui Expressway. | image_map = ChinaTianshuiMaiji.png | map_caption = Maiji in Tianshui | image_map1 = Location of Tianshui Prefecture within Gansu (China).png | map_caption1 = Tianshui in Gansu | coordinates = {{coord|34|34|16|N|105|53|20|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-62_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = China | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Gansu | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city | subdivision_name2 = Tianshui |seat_type = District seat |seat = Daoshui | area_code = | area_land_km2 = | area_total_km2 = 3452 | area_water_km2 = | population_total = 556,102 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_density_km2 = auto | leader_name = | leader_title = | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | timezone = CST | utc_offset = +8 | website = {{url|http://www.maiji.gov.cn/}} | official_name = | population_urban = 200000 }} '''Maiji District''' ({{zh|s=麦积区 |t=麥積區 |p=Màijī Qū}}) is a district of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui in the southeast of Gansu Province, China, bordering Shaanxi Province to the east. It is best known for, and named after, the Maijishan Grottoes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=甘肃省天水市麦积区麦积区历史沿革_安宽带提供联通宽带、移动宽带、电信宽带资讯！|url=http://www.ankuandai.com/m/view.php?aid=62165}}</ref> Before 2005 it was called '''Beidao District'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=天水市旅游详细介绍，行政区划、人口面积、交通地图、特产小吃、风景图片、名胜古迹、景区景点等|url=http://www.365135.com/gansu/tianshui.shtml|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.365135.com}}</ref>

Maiji District is subdivided in 17 towns (containing 379 villages), 3 subdistricts (containing 35 residential communities). 69% of the population is rural. 68% of the district's area is covered in forest.<ref name=mggk>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maiji.gov.cn/html/page/mggk.html|title=麦积概况|website=www.maiji.gov.cn}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions== Maiji District is divided to 3 subdistricts and 17 towns:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/62/05/620503.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：麦积区| publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of China| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}</ref>

;Subdistricts * Daobei Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-Hans|道北街道}}) * Beidaobu Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-Hans|北道埠街道}}) * Qiaonan Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-Hans|桥南街道}})

;Towns {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Shetang ({{lang|zh-Hans|社棠镇}}) * Mapaoquan ({{lang|zh-Hans|马跑泉镇}}) * Ganquan ({{lang|zh-Hans|甘泉镇}}) * Weinan ({{lang|zh-Hans|渭南镇}}) * Dongcha ({{lang|zh-Hans|东岔镇}}) * Huaniu ({{lang|zh-Hans|花牛镇}}) * Zhongtan ({{lang|zh-Hans|中滩镇}}) * Xinyang ({{lang|zh-Hans|新阳镇}}) * Yuanlong ({{lang|zh-Hans|元龙镇}}) * Boyang ({{lang|zh-Hans|伯阳镇}}) * Maiji ({{lang|zh-Hans|麦积镇}}) * Shifo ({{lang|zh-Hans|石佛镇}}) * Sancha ({{lang|zh-Hans|三岔镇}}) * Hupo ({{lang|zh-Hans|琥珀镇}}) * Liqiao ({{lang|zh-Hans|利桥镇}}) * Wulong ({{lang|zh-Hans|五龙镇}}) * Dangchuan ({{lang|zh-Hans|党川镇}}) {{div col end}}

The towns of Weinan, Zhongtan and Shifo together are also known under the name Sanyuanchuan ({{Lang-zh|c=三阳川|labels=no}}).<ref>{{Cite book|last=杨东晨|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boz6DwAAQBAJ&dq=%E9%BA%A6%E7%A7%AF%E5%8C%BA%E4%B8%AD%E6%BB%A9%E9%95%87&pg=PT275|title=中华文明探源|date=2017-06-01|publisher=Beijing Book Co. Inc.|isbn=978-7-5518-1491-1|language=zh}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Maiji, elevation {{convert|1085|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = 4.8 |Feb high C = 8.7 |Mar high C = 14.7 |Apr high C = 21.1 |May high C = 24.9 |Jun high C = 28.3 |Jul high C = 29.9 |Aug high C = 28.7 |Sep high C = 23.2 |Oct high C = 17.5 |Nov high C = 11.6 |Dec high C = 5.9 |Jan mean C = -1.6 |Feb mean C = 2.3 |Mar mean C = 7.8 |Apr mean C = 13.6 |May mean C = 17.6 |Jun mean C = 21.3 |Jul mean C = 23.6 |Aug mean C = 22.5 |Sep mean C = 17.4 |Oct mean C = 11.4 |Nov mean C = 5.1 |Dec mean C = -0.7 |Jan low C = -5.9 |Feb low C = -2.4 |Mar low C = 2.3 |Apr low C = 7.1 |May low C = 11.2 |Jun low C = 15.4 |Jul low C = 18.3 |Aug low C = 17.6 |Sep low C = 13.2 |Oct low C = 7.1 |Nov low C = 0.6 |Dec low C = -5.1 |Jan record high C = 14.7 |Jan record low C = -15.1 |Feb record high C = 21.4 |Feb record low C = -14.1 |Mar record high C = 29.9 |Mar record low C = -9.7 |Apr record high C = 33.4 |Apr record low C = -3.4 |May record high C = 34.5 |May record low C = 0.5 |Jun record high C = 36.3 |Jun record low C = 5.3 |Jul record high C = 37.2 |Jul record low C = 9.2 |Aug record high C = 35.9 |Aug record low C = 9.0 |Sep record high C = 36.3 |Sep record low C = 2.7 |Oct record high C = 28.6 |Oct record low C = -5.1 |Nov record high C = 22.2 |Nov record low C = -12.1 |Dec record high C = 14.0 |Dec record low C = -17.6 |year high C = |year low C = |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 3.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 6.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 16.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 35.5 |May precipitation mm = 57.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 71.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 97.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 94.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 78.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 45.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 11.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 3.0 |Jan humidity = 64 |Feb humidity = 62 |Mar humidity = 58 |Apr humidity = 58 |May humidity = 62 |Jun humidity = 66 |Jul humidity = 69 |Aug humidity = 72 |Sep humidity = 77 |Oct humidity = 78 |Nov humidity = 74 |Dec humidity = 68 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 4.2 |Feb precipitation days = 4.3 |Mar precipitation days = 6.3 |Apr precipitation days = 7.7 |May precipitation days = 10.0 |Jun precipitation days = 10.5 |Jul precipitation days = 11.3 |Aug precipitation days = 10.6 |Sep precipitation days = 12.1 |Oct precipitation days = 10.2 |Nov precipitation days = 5.3 |Dec precipitation days = 2.9 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 137.4 |Feb sun = 130.8 |Mar sun = 167.6 |Apr sun = 202.9 |May sun = 214.9 |Jun sun = 205.4 |Jul sun = 214.4 |Aug sun = 198.4 |Sep sun = 133.7 |Oct sun = 124.6 |Nov sun = 128.1 |Dec sun = 138.8 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 44 | Feb percentsun = 42 | Mar percentsun = 45 | Apr percentsun = 52 | May percentsun = 50 | Jun percentsun = 48 | Jul percentsun = 49 | Aug percentsun = 48 | Sep percentsun = 36 | Oct percentsun = 36 | Nov percentsun = 42 | Dec percentsun = 46 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 7.1 |Feb snow days = 5.2 |Mar snow days = 2.3 |Apr snow days = 0.3 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0.1 |Nov snow days = 2.3 |Dec snow days = 4.5 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =27 August 2023}}</ref> }}

==Economy== Huaniu apples are a speciality agricultural product grown in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gansu.chinadaily.com.cn/2013-10/28/content_17062637.htm|title=Tianshui Huaniu apples|website=gansu.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> Other produce grown include forest fruits, vegetables and grapes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tianshui.com.cn/news/mj/2009080816565249470.htm|title=麦积区农民为"下曲葡萄""铺"网防鸟啄(组图)--天水在线|website=www.tianshui.com.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsrb.com.cn/ts/2016-09/09/content_1492290.htm|title="中华名果"下曲葡萄 - 天天天水网 - 天水日报社主办 - 天水最权威的新闻门户网站|website=www.tsrb.com.cn}}</ref><ref name=mggk/>

Industries include machinery manufacturing, electrical appliance production, IT, medicine, food production, and building materials.

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