Qionghai
| Qionghai 琼海 |
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| 琼海市 | |
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 Qionghai
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| Coordinates: 19°14′35″N 110°27′51″E / 19.24306°N 110.46417°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,692 km2 (653 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | 459,070 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 571400 |
| Area code(s) | 0898 |
| Licence plates | 琼C |
| Website | http://www.qionghai.gov.cn/ |
Qionghai (simplified Chinese: 琼海; traditional Chinese: 瓊海; pinyin: Qiónghǎi) is one of the 7 county-level cities of Hainan province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the east of the island at the mouth of the Wanquan River, 86 kilometres (53 mi) from the provincial capital of Haikou. It has an area of 1,692 square kilometres (653 sq mi) and in 2004, it had a population of 459,070.
The seat of government is at Jiaji (simplified Chinese: 嘉积; traditional Chinese: 嘉積; pinyin: Jiājī), previously Jiaji Town (simplified Chinese: 嘉积镇; traditional Chinese: 嘉積鎮; pinyin: Jiājī-zhèn), often now referred to simply as Qionghai. Bo'ao, seat of the Boao Forum for Asia, belongs to Qionghai city.
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[edit] Climate
Qionghai has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).[1] Monsoonal influences are strong, with a relatively lengthy wet season and a pronounced dry season (January to March). Rainfall is heaviest and most frequent from August to October, when typhoons may strike, and is otherwise still common throughout the year, averaging an annual total of 2,060 millimetres (81 in). Humidity is consistently very high.
| Climate data for Qionghai (1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.28 (75.70) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 31.4 (1.236) |
43.5 (1.713) |
47.5 (1.87) |
125.4 (4.937) |
215.4 (8.48) |
196.5 (7.736) |
178.8 (7.039) |
280.4 (11.039) |
367.6 (14.472) |
345.7 (13.61) |
159.6 (6.283) |
68.2 (2.685) |
2,060.0 (81.102) |
| % humidity | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 85.8 |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 12.9 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 10.8 | 162.5 |
| Sunshine hours | 116.3 | 101.6 | 150.3 | 181.4 | 219.3 | 225.3 | 251.4 | 215.4 | 179.8 | 162.5 | 121.1 | 112.2 | 2,036.6 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
[edit] Other
Qionghai is historically associated with the Red Detachment of Women, an all-female company of the Chinese Red Army who survived Nationalist persecution. A novel based on their story has been made into a ballet (The Red Detachment of Women) and two films.
The most famous dish of Qionghai is Jiaji Duck, originally introduced to Qionghai by locals who returned from living in Southeast Asia.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Peel, M. C. and Finlayson, B. L. and McMahon, T. A. (2007). Updated Asian Map of the Koppen climate classification system. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633-1644.
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