Nancheng County
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Nancheng County
| Nancheng County 南城县 |
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| — County — | |
| Coordinates: 27°31′N 116°42′E / 27.517°N 116.7°ECoordinates: 27°31′N 116°42′E / 27.517°N 116.7°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Established | 202 BCE |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Nancheng County (simplified Chinese: 南城县; traditional Chinese: 南城縣; pinyin: Nánchéng Xiàn; literally "south city") is a county of eastern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou. Historically it has been known as Jianchangfu (建昌府).
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Demographics
The population of the district was 287,466 in 1999.[1]
Climate
Nancheng has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short, cool winters and very hot, humid summers. The monthly daily mean temperature ranges from 5.8 °C (42.4 °F) in January to 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) in July. There is a marked decline in rainfall in autumn and early winter, and rainfall is both frequent and heavy during spring and early summer. There are 1,700 hours of sunshine and 265 frost-free days per year.[2]
| Climate data for Nancheng County (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.1 (91.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 77.2 (3.039) |
110.3 (4.343) |
195.6 (7.701) |
237.3 (9.343) |
250.0 (9.843) |
303.8 (11.961) |
142.8 (5.622) |
132.3 (5.209) |
90.0 (3.543) |
64.9 (2.555) |
56.7 (2.232) |
43.9 (1.728) |
1,704.8 (67.118) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.6 | 15.0 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 164.8 |
| Source: Weather.com.cn [2] | |||||||||||||
Notes and references
- ^ (English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
- ^ a b "南城 - 气象数据 -中国天气网" (in Simplified Chinese). Weather.com.cn. http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101240408.shtml. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
External links
- (Chinese) Government site - Google translation
(Chinese) Video of Nacheng
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