Anda, Heilongjiang
| Anda 安达 |
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| — County-level city — | |
| 安达市 | |
 Anda
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| Coordinates: 46°27′N 125°30′E / 46.45°N 125.5°ECoordinates: 46°27′N 125°30′E / 46.45°N 125.5°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Suihua |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 151400 |
| Area code(s) | 0455 |
| Website | http://www.hlanda.gov.cn/ |
Anda (Chinese: 安达), Heilongjiang, China is a city west of Harbin on the Harbin-Manzhouli Railway (formerly known as the Chinese Eastern Railway) about 30 km east of Daqing.
Anda has a population of 500,000. It is located in at the center of the Songnen plain, considered the best plain in China by many Chinese. It is famous for cattle raising and its dairy industry. Locals call it 'the city of cows'. In fact, many roads in Anda have the word "cow" or "牛" as part of their names. For example, "牛市路", is "Cow City Road".
[edit] History
Anda has a long history. Some locals believe that the train station there is built by the Japanese army in the 1940s.
In the 1990s, Anda produced beets. But after it stopped production, the local economy declined.
Wanbaoshan town (Chinese: 萬寶山鎮) is a famous small district in northwest Anda. It is said to be quintessential Anda.
[edit] Climate
| Climate data for Anda(1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
9.97500000 (49.96) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −24.6 (−12.3) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−2.025 (28.36) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 0.9 (0.035) |
1.7 (0.067) |
4.8 (0.189) |
13.7 (0.539) |
29.7 (1.169) |
78.6 (3.094) |
134.8 (5.307) |
93.4 (3.677) |
46.5 (1.831) |
16.5 (0.65) |
5.1 (0.201) |
2.4 (0.094) |
428.1 (16.854) |
| % humidity | 69 | 63 | 50 | 46 | 47 | 63 | 74 | 75 | 68 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 62.3 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 82.4 |
| Sunshine hours | 182.7 | 202.8 | 254.3 | 251.1 | 279.8 | 269.5 | 254.1 | 256.3 | 242.1 | 220.0 | 176.6 | 156.2 | 2,745.5 |
| Source: 中国气象局 | |||||||||||||
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