Heshui County
Heshui County
合水县 Hoshui | |
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 Heshui in Qingyang | |
.png) Qingyang in Gansu | |
| Coordinates (Heshui government): 35°50′02″N 108°01′19″E / 35.8339°N 108.0219°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingyang |
| County seat | Xihuachi |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,941.78 km2 (1,135.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 133,200 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 745400 |
Heshui County (Chinese: 合水县; pinyin: Héshuǐ Xiàn) is a county of Gansu province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qingyang, and is the easternmost county-level division of the province.
Its postal code is 745400, and its population in 2023 was 133,200 people.[1]
History
[edit]Heshui was known as Lepan (乐蟠) in the Sui dynasty (617 AD), and later as Pan County, Panjiao County after 623 AD, and Hechuan County. In 742 it was named Heshui.[2][3][4]
Yellow River elephant
[edit]In January 1973, remains of an elephant were discovered by several farmers on the bank of the Malian River in Banqiao township, Heshui County. The elephant remains measured 4 meters tall, 8 meters long, with tusks of over 2 meters long, resembling two long swords, hence it was also called a saber-toothed elephant. The fossilized skeleton of the Yellow River elephant, is the most complete saber-toothed skeleton ever found in the world. Because this fossil was found in the Yellow River area, it was named "Yellow River Elephant". However, after further analysis of the fossil of the Yellow River elephant and comparison it with other ancient elephants, paleontologists discovered that it was actually a Stegodon zdanskyi.[5] It is believed that more than 3000 years ago, "large populations of Asian elephants still roamed the forests along the Yellow River."[6][7]
Qin highway
[edit]Remains of the Qin dynasty highway passing through Heshui County have been found.[3]
Economy
[edit]Heshui has large coal and oil reserves. Agricultural output includes grains, corn, potatoes, soybeans, oilseeds, melons, vegetables, apples, white melon seeds, wood ear mushroom, morels, and deer antler velvet.[3]
Administrative divisions
[edit]Heshui County is divided to 8 towns and 4 townships.[8] Since 1952 the county government is seated in Xihuachi town.
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Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Heshui, elevation 1,274 m (4,180 ft), (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) | 15.1 (59.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.4 (92.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
5.3 (41.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
9.8 (49.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
5.1 (41.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) |
−16.6 (2.1) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.0 (0.24) |
8.5 (0.33) |
16.6 (0.65) |
34.3 (1.35) |
47.8 (1.88) |
67.9 (2.67) |
124.8 (4.91) |
114.8 (4.52) |
84.9 (3.34) |
45.3 (1.78) |
15.4 (0.61) |
3.7 (0.15) |
570 (22.43) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 97.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.8 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 26.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 63 | 56 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 181.6 | 172.9 | 202.0 | 226.6 | 246.8 | 234.4 | 227.0 | 201.8 | 160.9 | 167.9 | 171.8 | 184.0 | 2,377.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 56 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 44 | 49 | 56 | 61 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2024年[庆阳]合水县人口常住户籍人口有多少和第七次人口普查结果-红黑人口库". www.hongheiku.com. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ 中华人民共和国地名词典: 甘肃省 (in Chinese). 商务印书馆. 1995. ISBN 978-7-100-01840-1.
- ^ a b c "合水县". 中国县域. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ^ 中国地名语源词典 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 1995. ISBN 978-7-5326-0244-5.
- ^ "黄河象：生活在黄土高原的远古巨象". Archived from the original on 2019-10-02.
- ^ Zhang, Li (2011). "Current Status of Asian Elephants in Chin". Gajah. 35: 43–46.
- ^ Liu, P.; Wen, H.; Lin, L.; Liu, J.; Zhang, L. Habitat evaluation for Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Lincang: Conservation planning for an extremely small population of elephants in China. Biol. Conserv. 2016, 198, 113–121.
- ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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