Nanping
- This article is about the city in Fujian province. For the Ten Kingdoms-era kingdom also known as Nanping, see Jingnan
| Nanping 南平 闽北 |
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| — Prefecture-level city — | |
| 南平市 | |
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| Coordinates: 26°39′N 118°11′E / 26.65°N 118.183°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Lei Meichun |
| • Mayor | Gong Qinggai |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26,300 km2 (10,154.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 89 m (291 ft) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,900,000 |
| • Density | 110.3/km2 (285.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 353000, 354000 |
| Area code(s) | 599 |
| GDP | 2009[1] |
| - Total | CNY 62.174 billion (USD 9.11 billion) |
| - per capita | CNY 21,439 (USD 3,142) |
| - Growth |  13.9% |
| License Plate Prefixes | 闽H |
| Local Dialect | Min Bei |
| Website | www.np.gov.cn |
Nanping (Chinese: 南平; pinyin: Nánpíng) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde City to the east, Sanming City to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively. Part of the famous Wuyi Mountains range is located in this prefecture.
Nanping is a picturesque old city, located on a hill near the fall of the Jianxi (建溪) River into the Min, and surrounded by high stone walls. These high walls were used to prevent artillery fire. They formed a considerable obstacle to anything hostile back in the old days.[2]
Eight children were killed in Nanping in March 2010 in a knife attack.[3]
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[edit] Administration
The prefecture-level city city of Nanping administers 1 district, 4 county-level cities and 5 counties.
- Yanping District (延平区)
- Shaowu City (邵武市)
- Wuyishan City (武夷山市)
- Jian'ou City (建瓯市)
- Jianyang City (建阳市)
- Shunchang County (顺昌县)
- Pucheng County (浦城县)
- Guangze County (光泽县)
- Songxi County (松溪县)
- Zhenghe County (政和县)
[edit] Climate
Nanping, similar to the rest of the province, has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with short and mild winters (with occasional frost), and long, very hot and humid summers. Monthly average temperatures range from 9.7 °C (49.5 °F) in January to 28.7 °C (83.7 °F) in July. Rainfall peaks from March to June, with autumn and winter being much drier. Summer is the sunniest time of the year.
| Climate data for Nanping (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
24.79 (76.63) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
15.98 (60.77) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 59.2 (2.331) |
109.8 (4.323) |
202.9 (7.988) |
216.2 (8.512) |
277.6 (10.929) |
260.0 (10.236) |
148.9 (5.862) |
127.6 (5.024) |
100.7 (3.965) |
73.1 (2.878) |
41.2 (1.622) |
35.4 (1.394) |
1,652.6 (65.063) |
| % humidity | 78 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77.9 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.7 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 162.1 |
| Sunshine hours | 95.6 | 82.2 | 89.4 | 111.4 | 129.8 | 156.1 | 241.1 | 223.8 | 175.2 | 157.4 | 131.6 | 127.0 | 1,720.6 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
[edit] Industry
The industry of Nanping comprises various exported oriented industries. This include the Fujian Nanping Nanfu Battery Company Ltd. It is the biggest alkaline battery manufacturer and supplier in Chinese mainland.[4]
[edit] Image views
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Good Morning, Nanping.
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The seal of Nanping: Dragon transformation of two swords
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Nanping at night
[edit] References
- ^ a b "南平市2009年国民经济和社会发展统计公报" (in Simplified Chinese). Nanping Municipal Statistic Bureau. 2010-03-31. http://www.np.gov.cn/html/20100415/035579.html. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Camps and Trails in China by Roy C. and Yvette Andrews (1918)
- ^ BODEEN, CHRISTOPHER (May 12, 2010). "9 killed in latest attack at China school". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbb3SvwJW0F1Te35LxNwJDk2UBnQD9FL8K0O0.
- ^ http://www.nanfu.com/en Welcome to Nanfu (English)
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nanping |
- Government website of Nanping (in Simplified Chinese)
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