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Lianhua County
Lianhua County (simplified Chinese: 莲花县; traditional Chinese: 蓮花縣; pinyin: Liánhuā Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pingxiang.
Lianhua County 莲花县 Lienhwa | |
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Lianhua is the southernmost division in this map of Pingxiang | |
Pingxiang in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 27°07′40″N 113°57′41″E / 27.1277°N 113.9615°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingxiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
| Population ((2018)) | 279,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 337100 |
Geography Edit
Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.
Revolutionary History Edit
Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.
Administrative divisions Edit
Lianhua County has 5 towns and 8 townships.[1]
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- 8 townships
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Climate Edit
| Climate data for Lianhua (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 40.5 (104.9) | 41.1 (106.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 25.5 (77.9) | 41.1 (106.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 34.1 (93.4) | 33.3 (91.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.8 (56.8) | 23.0 (73.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.0 (46.4) | 17.8 (64.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.5 (25.7) | 1.9 (35.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | −8.8 (16.2) | −8.8 (16.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.0 (3.35) | 112.4 (4.43) | 180.8 (7.12) | 229.8 (9.05) | 234.3 (9.22) | 244.2 (9.61) | 122.4 (4.82) | 131.8 (5.19) | 81.8 (3.22) | 75.9 (2.99) | 76.0 (2.99) | 51.5 (2.03) | 1,625.9 (64.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.0 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 169 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.9 | 62.6 | 70.5 | 99.3 | 123.2 | 128.5 | 214.7 | 191.1 | 151.2 | 136.8 | 118.0 | 104.8 | 1,463.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 19 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 33 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References Edit
- ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.