Guiyang County
Guiyang County
桂阳县 Kweiyang | |
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  Guiyang Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 25°45′18″N 112°44′02″E / 25.755°N 112.734°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Chenzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4244XX |
Guiyang County (simplified Chinese: 桂阳县; traditional Chinese: 桂陽縣; pinyin: Guìyáng Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the southern part of the province, it is adjacent to the east of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county is bordered to the north by Changning and Leiyang Cities, to the west by Xintian and Jiahe Counties, to the south by Linwu County, to the east by Suxian and Beihu Districts. Guiyang County covers 2,958.3 km2 (1,142.2 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 904,400 and a resident population of 711,700.[2] The county has 17 towns, three subdistricts and two townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Longtan Subdistrict (龙潭街道).[3]
Administrative divisions
- 3 subdistricts
- Huangshaping (黄沙坪街道)
- Longtan (龙潭街道)
- Lufeng (鹿峰街道)
- 17 towns
- Aoquan (敖泉镇)
- Chonglingjiang (舂陵江镇)
- Fangyuan (方元镇)
- Haotang (浩塘镇)
- Heping (和平镇)
- Heye (荷叶镇)
- Leiping (雷坪镇)
- Liantang (莲塘镇)
- Liufeng (流峰镇)
- Ouyanghai (欧阳海镇)
- Renyi (仁义镇)
- Sili (四里镇)
- Taihe (太和镇)
- Tangshi (塘市镇)
- Yangshi (洋市镇)
- Zhangshi (樟市镇)
- Zhenghe (正和镇)
- 1 townships
- Qiaoshi (桥市乡)
- 1 ethnic township
- Yao Baishui (白水瑶族乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Guiyang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.6 (99.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
30.2 (86.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
22.2 (71.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
18.0 (64.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.3 (41.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 80.8 (3.18) |
94.7 (3.73) |
166.9 (6.57) |
177.0 (6.97) |
186.2 (7.33) |
213.8 (8.42) |
131.7 (5.19) |
174.2 (6.86) |
69.6 (2.74) |
69.8 (2.75) |
79.6 (3.13) |
59.7 (2.35) |
1,504 (59.22) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.5 | 15.0 | 19.3 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 172.1 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 67.6 | 71.6 | 80.4 | 113.4 | 139.9 | 156.1 | 238.2 | 195.3 | 142.7 | 132.3 | 119.4 | 102.9 | 1,559.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 29 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 57 | 49 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 32 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Liu Fangwu (1898–1994), a Nationalist (KMT) general, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy, best known for his leadership in the Battle of Yenangyaung.
References
- ^ "Guiyang" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ about the population of Guiyang County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Guiyang County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年桂阳县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): tjj.czs.gov or hngy.gov
- ^ the divisions of Guiyang County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Guiyang County on November 27, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意桂阳县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕95号): rednet.cn Archived 2017-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine or xinhuanet.com
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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