Hejiang County
Hejiang (Chinese: 合江; pinyin: Héjiāng) is a county in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Guizhou province to the south and Chongqing Municipality to the north and northeast. It is under the administration of Luzhou city.
Hejiang County 合江县 Ho-chiang, Hokiang | |
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Location of Hejiang County (red) in Luzhou City (yellow) and Sichuan province | |
Hejiang Location of the seat in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 28°47′N 105°54′E / 28.783°N 105.900°ECoordinates: 28°47′N 105°54′E / 28.783°N 105.900°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Luzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,422 km2 (935 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 704,000 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
History
Hejiang County has a history over 2100 years. The county was built in 115 BC during the Han Dynasty of China[2] and was one of the three oldest counties in the upper Yangtze river area. Hejiang is one of the nation's counties with more than thousand years history, it was first incorporated as Fu County (符县) 115 BC, under the prefecture of Jianwei (犍为郡).
Geography
There are many historical ruin and relics, the Shengbicheng fortress which the song dynasty army withstood the Mongol attack for 34 years; Stone cave shelter in FubaoTown; Han dynasty coffin. Ancient towns, Yaoba and Fuabo are listed as national history and culture towns in 2007 and 2009. Many historical background films and plays were filmed there.
Hejiang's fertile land produces rice and many other grains and plants, especially lychee, the most famous fruit giving from the nature. With the unique climate, weather and rainfall, outputs of lychee there one month or more later than the coastal province of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Fujian.
The county bordering with Chongqing Municipality and Guizhou Province, Fubao Nation Forest Park in Hejiang, Simian Mountain in Chongqing's Jiangjin, and Chishui National Scenic Spot in Guizhou, made up the tourism gold corner, highways and tourism infrastructural facilities are under construction. It will be quickly accessible from Chongqing, Luzhou or Guiyang.
The G93 national expressway connected the small city with Chongqing without one hour's journey. Plants are built along the Changjiang river. This land is changing from traditional farming to industry. Inhabitants dwell in the town Hejiang, or the county seat nearly 200,000 already. According to the city-planning of Sichuan, it will be home to more than 300,000 people.
Population
As of 2016, the county had a population of 900,000.[3]
Adjacent county-level divisions
- Chishui City, Guizhou – south
- Xishui County, Guizhou – south
- Longmatan District – west
- Naxi District – west
- Xuyong County – southwest
- Jiangjin District, Chongqing – northeast
Climate
| Climate data for Hejiang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 35.7 (96.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 38.1 (100.6) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.9 (103.8) | 41.5 (106.7) | 41.0 (105.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 41.5 (106.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.3 (90.1) | 27.5 (81.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.4 (52.5) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 14.0 (57.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 18.0 (64.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 15.3 (59.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 2.4 (36.3) | −1.5 (29.3) | −2.2 (28.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.1 (1.15) | 27.3 (1.07) | 49.0 (1.93) | 88.4 (3.48) | 144.2 (5.68) | 164.5 (6.48) | 197.2 (7.76) | 137.2 (5.40) | 109.5 (4.31) | 92.3 (3.63) | 51.0 (2.01) | 32.3 (1.27) | 1,122 (44.17) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 84 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 84 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 84 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Héjiāng Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- ^ http://www.hejiang.gov.cn/Gzxxw/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=2379 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.hjtjj.gov.cn/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=191[dead link]
- ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.