Guangchang County
Guangchang County
广昌县 Kwangchang | |
|---|---|
 Location in Jiangxi | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,612 km2 (622 sq mi) |
| Population (（2018）) | 250,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 344900 |
Guangchang County (simplified Chinese: 广昌县; traditional Chinese: 廣昌縣; pinyin: Guǎngchāng Xiàn) lies in the municipal region of Fuzhou (抚州), Jiangxi. It is the southernmost and most remote of Fuzhou's ten counties, being bordered by counties in Ganzhou to the south and west and, to the east and over the watershed and provincial border, by Jianning and Ninghua Counties, Sanming, Fujian. It is the source of the second largest river in Jiangxi: Fuhe (抚河). This county built in the Southern Song Dynasty Shaoxing eight years (1138, Shaoxing is an era name of Gaozong), because the rich white lotus, known as "the hometown of Chinese White Lotus." County has width of 45 km (28 mi) from west to east, 55 km (34 mi) long from north to south. The total area is 1,612 km2 (622 sq mi), with a population of 240,000 in 2003.[1]
Administration
In the present, Guangchang County has 5 towns and 6 townships.[2]
5 Towns (镇, zhen)
6 Townships (乡, xiang)
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26°45′58″N 116°21′05″E / 26.76611°N 116.35139°E
Climate
| Climate data for Guangchang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
40.3 (104.5) |
40.7 (105.3) |
38.1 (100.6) |
37.2 (99.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
23.7 (74.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
14.9 (58.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.1 (3.04) |
117.5 (4.63) |
208.0 (8.19) |
245.0 (9.65) |
252.5 (9.94) |
312.9 (12.32) |
131.5 (5.18) |
127.1 (5.00) |
86.7 (3.41) |
69.3 (2.73) |
67.7 (2.67) |
45.3 (1.78) |
1,740.6 (68.54) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 80 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
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References
- ^ ""中国广昌"门户网站- 广昌县委县政府门户网站 中国白莲网". Archived from the original on 2004-09-05.
- ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 16 August 2022.