Lianhua County
莲花县 Lienhwa | |
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 Lianhua is the southernmost division in this map of Pingxiang | |
 Pingxiang in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 27°07′40″N 113°57′41″E / 27.1277°N 113.9615°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingxiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
| Population ((2018)) | 279,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 337100 |
Lianhua County (simplified Chinese: 莲花县; traditional Chinese: 蓮花縣; pinyin: Liánhuā Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pingxiang.
Geography
Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.
Revolutionary History
Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.
Administrative divisions
Lianhua County has 5 towns and 8 townships.[1]
- 5 towns
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- 8 townships
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Climate
| Climate data for Lianhua (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) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
18.2 (64.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
14.7 (58.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84.1 (3.31) |
97.7 (3.85) |
195.3 (7.69) |
207.0 (8.15) |
235.9 (9.29) |
263.6 (10.38) |
153.4 (6.04) |
140.5 (5.53) |
80.3 (3.16) |
60.1 (2.37) |
87.2 (3.43) |
60.4 (2.38) |
1,665.5 (65.58) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.0 | 15.0 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 169 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.9 | 62.6 | 70.5 | 99.3 | 123.2 | 128.5 | 214.7 | 191.1 | 151.2 | 136.8 | 118.0 | 104.8 | 1,463.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 19 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 33 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
External links
This page was last edited on 23 September 2023, at 21:00